Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Baptist Drum
2006
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
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 digital image of the interior of a church after being flooded by Hurricane Katrina. The image looks down the mud-caked central aisle of the church towards the altar. Sitting in the middle of the aisle is a steel snare drum. To the left and right are pews, and further down the aisle are pieces of debris in front of the dais.
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13
Catalog reference: 2016.158.1
