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A more than 40 year old tradition of baptizing in the Chesapeake Bay at Taylor’s Beach is continued every 3rd Sunday in August by Rev. T. Wright Morris (right), pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church, Reedville, Virginia, 2003
- Photograph by
- Johnson, Jason Miccolo, American
- Subject of
- Shiloh Baptist Church of Reedville, VA, American
- Rev. Wright Morris, T., American, 1935 - 2011
- Morris, George L., American, born 1964
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Date
- 2003; printed 2012
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (sheet): 15 7/8 x 19 7/8 in. (40.3 x 50.5 cm)
- H x W (image): 14 1/2 x 17 7/8 in. (36.8 x 45.4 cm)
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of Rev. T. Wright Morris (right) standing in water and baptizing a woman, aided by his son, Rev. George L. Morris (left). Morris' proper right hand covers the woman's face while his left hand supports her back as she is being raised from the water. George Morris stands on the other side of the woman, his proper right hand supporting her back and his left on her arm. They are dressed in white. A crowd of people can be seen along the shoreline. No inscriptions on the front or back.
- Place captured
- Reedville, Northumberland County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Jason Miccolo Johnson
- Object number
- 2012.144.5
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Jason Miccolo Johnson
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Ticket for boxing match between Muhammad Ali and Sonny Liston
- Issued by
- Intercontinental Promotions Inc., American
- Printed by
- National Ticket Company, American, founded 1907
- Subject of
- Ali, Muhammad, American, 1942 - 2016
- Liston, Sonny, American, 1928 - 1970
- Date
- 1965
- On ViewCommunity/Third Floor, 3 052
- Exhibition
- Sports: Leveling the Playing Field
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 2 1/4 × 5 1/4 in. (5.7 × 13.3 cm)
- Caption
- The fight, known as "Ali vs. Liston II" (the pair boxed previously in 1964 in Miami Beach, Florida), was Ali's first after changing his name from Cassius Clay.
- Description
- A blue ticket with black type for a Heavyweight Boxing Match for the Championship of the World between Muhammad Ali and Sonny Liston on May 25, 1965 in St. Dominic's Arena in Lewiston, Maine. The ticket has images of both Ali and Liston on the front. The back of the ticket has the name of the and location of the National Ticket Company with a union bug for the Typographical Union #7 in Shamokin, Pennsylvania.
- Place depicted
- Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
- Place made
- Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera
- Type
- admission tickets
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2013.120.13
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions