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Photograph of FAME Church Members Standing on the Front Steps

1888-1903; printed later

Los Angeles, California, 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.

Black and white image of a copy of an image of people standing outside the steps of a church. The church exterior is wood paneling and features two (2) windows with gothic arches in the front. Between the two (2) windows, centered, is the doorway, also with a window above with a gothic arch. The arches are all divided by curved leading. The steps in the front of the building are obscured by a wall. The people stand on the steps between the exterior of the church and the exterior wall of the steps. The crowd of people are both men and women in a variety of clothes. The image is bordered in white with text centered at the top and bottom. At the top [Old Church]. Along the bottom [AZUSA STREET]. On the reverse in the lower left corner is a stamp with text and blanks to fill in.

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Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture — original record ↗

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Catalog reference: 2013.227.2

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