Photograph of First AME Church cornerstone laying ceremony

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Black and white photograph of a crowd of people at the laying of the cornerstone at a building site. The cornerstone is in the lower right corner with engraved text [FIRST AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH / ORGANIZED 1872 / THE REVEREND DR. H. HARTFORD BROOKINS, PASTOR-BUILDER / CORNER STONE LAID BY/THE RT. REVEREND HARRISON J. BRYANT, PRESIDING BISHOP / THE REVEREND I.H. HUNT, PRESIDING ELDER / PAUL R. WILLIAMS, F.A.I.A. - ARCHITECT / JOHN FACTOR - FRIEND / 1968]. In the foreground is a group of men wearing dark uniforms with fringed aprons and collars, and white gloves. On the far PR is a man wearing a light colored suit. In the background in the upper right corner is a group of men and women wearing a variety of clothing. On the reverse along the top is a note [Prayer Just for Laying of Cornerstone].

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