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Museum object · Photographs and Still Images

The Sanctuary Choir sings as converts are baptized after the morning worship service at Apostolic Church of God, Chicago, Illinois, 2005

2005; printed 2012

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A black-and-white photograph of two men submerging a third person in a baptismal font. Several men and women are standing below the font and dressed in choir robes. They have their hands raised. The wall behind the robed choir says “Jesus Christ Is Lord.” No inscriptions on the front or back.

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Catalog reference: 2012.144.6

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