An elderly couple departs Sunday morning services at Metropolitan AME Church, Washington, D.C., 1997
- Photograph by
- Johnson, Jason Miccolo, American
- Subject of
- Metropolitan AME Church, American, founded 1838
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Date
- 1997; printed 2012
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (sheet): 19 3/4 x 15 7/8 in. (50.2 x 40.3 cm)
- H x W (image): 18 1/4 x 12 13/16 in. (46.4 x 32.5 cm)
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of an elderly man and woman standing outside a church. The man is on the left side of the photograph and is dressed in a suit. He is wearing a hat and glasses and is holding onto a cane with his right hand. The woman is wearing glasses a white and dark colored top with a black skirt. She is holding a dark colored hat and a purse with her left hand. They both are smiling. No inscriptions on the front or back.
- Place captured
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Topic
- African Methodist Episcopal
- Local and regional
- Methodist
- Photography
- Religion
- The Black Church
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2012.141.38
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Jason Miccolo Johnson
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




