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Prayer kneeler from the First African Methodist Episcopal Church of Los Angeles

before 1969

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.

A kneeling prayer bench consisting of a rectangular metal frame with the symbol of a cross in the center and two burgundy cushions.

Catalog date
before 1969
Recorded places
Los Angeles, California, United States, North and Central America
Recorded subjects
African American; African Methodist Episcopal; American West; Methodist; Prayer; Religion; The Black Church; Worship services

Sources & collection details

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

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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20

Catalog reference: 2013.70.2

Collection: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

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