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Holy, Holy, Holy

September 1981

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, 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 black and white photographic print of 12 people participating in a baptism in Lake Michigan. Three people are standing on the shore while two men are helping two women through the water. The women are holding hands and the woman on the left is wearing a scarf on her head. Five people are standing in the water in the distance. On the back of the photograph the words [HOLY HOLY HOLY/ John H. White / September 1981] are typed in the bottom right corner. The bottom left corner reads [PHOTOGRAPH BY / JOHN H. WHITE / COPYRIGHTED].

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Catalog reference: 2016.118.29

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