- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- First African Methodist Episcopal Church of Los Angeles, American, founded 1872
- Rev. Brookins, H. Hartford, American, 1925 - 2012
- Date
- 1960s
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 7 5/8 × 9 13/16 in. (19.3 × 25 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 8 × 10 3/16 in. (20.3 × 25.9 cm)
- Description
- Black and white photograph of a church as seen from the street. The church has a white exterior with gothic style windows of stained glass. On the left half of the image is a multi-walled transept extending from the building. Above this in the background is a cupola. In the foreground in the street on in the bottom left corner is a bus with [FIRST A.M.E. CHURCH SUNDAY SCHOOL/EIGHTH and TOWNE, LOS ANGELES] painted on the side. Behind the bus, right of center, is a sedan with [FIRST A.M.E. CHURCH 8th & TOWNE, LOS ANGELES/DR. H. HARTFORD BROOKINS/Minister] painted on the side. In the lower right corner of the image is an arched and covered doorway with a woman in white emerging. On the reverse of the image is a stamp in the center set at a diagonal [J. BANKS/HOME PORTRAITURE PHOTOGRAPHER].
- Place depicted
- Los Angeles, California, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Topic
- African Methodist Episcopal
- American West
- Methodist
- Photography
- Religion
- The Black Church
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of First A.M.E. Church of Los Angeles
- Object number
- 2013.227.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




