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Group portrait, Flower Club of the Ebenezer Baptist Church, West Springfield Street, Boston, Mass., November 15, 1946

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1946-11-15

GUSN

GUSN-347650

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Description

One black-and-white photographic print depicting twenty-two unidentified African American women posing for the Flower Club in a room at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Roxbury, Massachusetts. There is a piano on the left side of the image. Three framed religious pictures are on the wall behind the group. The Rev. Dr. William S. Ravenell was pastor of this church from 1929-1966.

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Descriptive Terms

group portraits
portraits
women (female humans)
clubs (associations)
churches (institutions)
flowers (plants)
pastors
black-and-white prints (photographs)

Physical Description

1 photographic print : black-and-white ; 7 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.9240.001

Image Dimensions

7 3/4 x 9 3/4 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Roxbury (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)

Other People

Ravenell, William S., 1897-1966

Subjects

African American women
African Americans
West Springfield Street (Boston, Mass.)
Women

Description Level

Item

Related Items

Clubs
Gardens
Group Photos

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