Baptism in Zulu Jordan, 1946. Original caption found in Bengt Sundkler's book "Bantu Prophet in South Africa." The rest of the caption below the photograph reads as follows: "The bundle of palm leaves stresses the River Jrodan connotations." Two men are in…
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-061579
A digital image of the interior of a church after being flooded by Hurricane Katrina. The image looks down the mud-caked central aisle of the church towards the altar. Sitting in the middle of the aisle is a steel snare drum. To the left and right are…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.158.1
A hardcover copy of Baptist Standard Hymnal with Responsive Readings edited by Willa Ann Hadley Townsend. The hardcover clothbound book is green with orange-peach page edges, and gold leaf text and design elements. The top half of the front cover features…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.12.52.31
A hardcover copy of Baptist Standard Hymnal with Responsive Readings edited by Willa Ann Hadley Townsend. The hardcover clothbound book is green with orange-peach page edges, and gold leaf text and design elements. The top half of the front cover features…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.12.52.32
An oil painting depicting a scene of pastoral life in Louisiana. A white church with green-trimmed doors and windows is featured prominently in the center of the canvas. The area behind the church is interspersed with trees, and the sky behind the church…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.176.5
A raised chair meant to be used while sitting at a bar or another kind of elevated counter. The chair has a wide, rounded seat and a rounded back in a "C" shape leaving a cutout portion at the lower edge where the back meets the seat. The back and seat of…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.101.3.1
A raised chair meant to be used while sitting at a bar or another kind of elevated counter. The chair has a wide, rounded seat and a rounded back in a "C" shape leaving a cutout portion at the lower edge where the back meets the seat. The back and seat of…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.101.3.2
A raised chair meant to be used while sitting at a bar or another kind of elevated counter. The chair has a wide, rounded seat and a rounded back in a "C" shape leaving a cutout portion at the lower edge where the back meets the seat. The back and seat of…
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.101.3.4
