Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Member of Mt. Calvary Missionary Baptist Church after being baptized in Skull Creek, Hilton Head Island, SC
2004-2014
Hilton Head Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina, 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 black and white digital image of a member of Mt. Calvary Missionary Baptist Church after being baptized. The image depicts two men and a child wearing white garments and standing in Skull Creek on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. The two men are holding white towels. The man at the center of the photograph has a white hat on his head. The child is walking towards the right side of the photograph. All three people are smiling. Reeds and a pier are in the background of the image. 24.
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Catalog reference: 2017.49.2
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