Photograph: Group Portrait, Baptist Church

Creator

R. Lee Thomas

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Item Type

Image

File

A4

Number

2568

Description

Image of two rows of men and women sitting and standing in a church. Several people in the front row and to the left are holding a banner. Banner: B’Ham ALA 9-5 (?) REV(?) L.P. BROOKS (?)(?)P : BAP. Flowers in arrangements colorized. One of 156 black and white photographs by R. Lee Thomas, an African American photographer active in the early twentieth century in the southern United States. Thomas’ work provides photographic documentation of southern black social life, primarily religious and labor groups, circa 1946-1949. The majority of the photographs depict groups from Birmingham, Alabama, and adjacent areas. His imprint contains the caption: Made by R. Lee Thomas, Mound Bayou, Mississippi, The Oldest Negro Town in America.

Recommended Citation

Thomas, R. Lee. Group Portrait, Baptist Church. Undated. Photographs by R. Lee Thomas, Eartha M.M. White Collection. University of North Florida, Thomas G. Carpenter Library Special Collections and University Archives. UNF Digital Commons, https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/rthomas/96/