Photograph of First AME Church with bus and sedan

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Black and white photograph of a church as seen from the street. The church has a white exterior with gothic style windows of stained glass. On the left half of the image is a multi-walled transept extending from the building. Above this in the background is a cupola. In the foreground in the street on in the bottom left corner is a bus with [FIRST A.M.E. CHURCH SUNDAY SCHOOL/EIGHTH and TOWNE, LOS ANGELES] painted on the side. Behind the bus, right of center, is a sedan with [FIRST A.M.E. CHURCH 8th & TOWNE, LOS ANGELES/DR. H. HARTFORD BROOKINS/Minister] painted on the side. In the lower right corner of the image is an arched and covered doorway with a woman in white emerging. On the reverse of the image is a stamp in the center set at a diagonal [J. BANKS/HOME PORTRAITURE PHOTOGRAPHER].

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