The children’s handbell choir performs during ceremonial groundbreaking services for Metropolitan Baptist Church, Largo, Maryland, 2004

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Object Details

Photograph by

Jason Miccolo Johnson, American

Subject of

Metropolitan Baptist Church, American, founded 1864

Unidentified Child or Children

Description

A black-and-white photograph of two girls and a boy holding bells. All three children are wearing white shirts and white gloves. All three are holding a bell in each hand and looking down. No inscriptions on the front or back.

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Date

2004; printed 2012

Object number

2012.141.6

Restrictions & Rights

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Type

gelatin silver prints

Medium

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions

H x W (sheet): 15 7/8 x 19 7/8 in. (40.3 x 50.5 cm)

H x W (image): 12 7/8 x 18 3/4 in. (32.7 x 47.6 cm)

Place captured

Largo, Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, North and Central America

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification

Photographs and Still Images

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic

African American

Baptist

Children

Local and regional

Musicians

Photography

Religion

The Black Church

Worship services

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5100dd880-388e-42b6-99e1-f219f9de9f49

Record ID

nmaahc_2012.141.6