First Baptist Church of Chicago photograph collection
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- First Baptist Church of Chicago photograph collection
- Dates
- ca 1900-1970s
- Identifier
- 2000.0089.3
- Creator
- First Baptist Church (Chicago, Ill.)
- Creator
- Andrews, Charles, Marx, Mary, Morikawa, Jitsuo
- Size
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266 photographic prints :
b&w ;8 x 10 in. or smaller.
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47 photographic prints :
col. ;8 x 10 in. or smaller.
- Size
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1 collage (10 photographic prints) :
b&w ;14 x 19 in.
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1 collage (2 photographic print) :
b&w, col. ;8 1/2 x 11 in.
- Size
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1 collage (5 newsprint clippings) ;
8 1/2 x 11 in
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8 photomechanical prints :
b&w ;4 x 3 in. and smaller.
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1 album (65 photographic prints) :
b&w ;2 1/4 x 3 1/4 in.
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1 album (5 photographic prints) :
b&w ;2 1/4 x 4 in.
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1 panoramic photographic print :
b&w ;6 x 18 in.
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41 negatives :
b&w ;2 x 3 in.
- Size
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2 negative strips :
b&w ;120 mm.
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20 negative strips :
col. ;35 mm.
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3 photolithographic transparencies :
b&w ;11 x 14 in.
- Language
- Material is in English unless otherwise noted.
Scope and Content
Images of the congregation, students, and choir, interior and exterior views of the buildings, and various church ceremonies and events. The collection also includes photographs of Dr. Jitsuo Morikawa, who became minister in 1943, and other ministers from the 20th century, as well as a child's handmade album, a scrapbook from 1946 of a youth fellowship program, and collages of congregation members and ministers.
Conditions for Access
Advance appointment required to view color materials in cold storage.
Conditions Governing Use
Credit photographer.
Preferred Citation
A common citation for archives is as follows: Item, Folder number and/or title, Box number, Collection title, ID number, Repository name, location.
Custodial History
Gift of First Baptist Church of Chicago (2000.0089.3).
Indexed Terms
- Andrews, Charles
- Marx, Mary
- Morikawa, Jitsuo
- First Baptist Church (Chicago, Ill.) -- Photographs
- 935 East 50th Street (Chicago, Ill.)
- Baptists -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1900-1979
- African Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1950-1979
- Japanese American clergy -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1940-1959
- Japanese Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1940-1979
- Rites & ceremonies -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1900-1979
- Women -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1900-1979
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Church history -- 1900-1979
- Kenwood (Chicago, Ill.)
- Portrait photographs
- Photographic prints
- Gelatin silver prints
- Scrapbooks
- Collages
- Photograph albums