Baptism, Roxbury

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 an infant being held by a woman over a baptismal font while a priest pours water over his head.

Catalog date

1986-1990

Recorded places

Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America

Recorded subjects

African American; African diaspora; Catholicism; Communities; Immigration; Photography; Religion; Religious rituals and ceremonies

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