- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- First African Methodist Episcopal Church of Los Angeles, American, founded 1872
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Date
- 1960s
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 7 5/8 × 9 11/16 in. (19.3 × 24.6 cm)
- H x W (Sheet): 8 × 10 3/16 in. (20.3 × 25.9 cm)
- Description
- Black and white photograph of a group of young boys dressed in altar clothes. The group includes eight (8) boys in several different rows. The boys wear white robes and dark skirts and dark collars over their clothing. On the left side of the image are two (2) older women wearing white looking at the camera, one in the foreground and one in the background. the group stands outside with the church interior seen in the upper right quadrant. On the reverse in the lower right corner on the bottom in pen [ALTAR BOYS].
- Place captured
- Los Angeles, California, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Topic
- African Methodist Episcopal
- American West
- Children
- 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
- 2013.227.5
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




