Material History of American Religion Project

Picturing Faith: Religious America in Government Photography, 1935 - 1943

Photograph List

Total:
6 Panels
45 Wall Texts

Panel A (Title Panel)
Picturing Faith: Religious America in Government Photography, 1935 - 1943

Panel B (Intro Panel)
Picturing Faith

Section I (1 Panel; 7 Photographs)

Panel C
Photographing Religion
1) Migrant Mother-Lange
2) Revival Mother-Lange
3) The House of Juan Lopez-Collier
4) Woman with Bible-Lee
5) Church of God in Christ-Lee
6) Baptism-Wolcott
7) Altar Boys-Delano

Section II (1 Panel; 9 Photographs)

Panel D
Poverty and Religion
8) Apostolic Faith Tabernacle-Lange
9) Housing Blessing-Lee
10) Lamp Lighting -Rothstein
11) Bedroom Walls-Wolcott
12) Mexican Home Shrine-Lee
13) Salvation Army Couple-Lange
14) Traveling Evangelists-Wolcott
15) Where Shall Ye Spend Eternity-Lee
16) Gospel Truck-Vachon

Section III (1 Panel; 21 Photographs)

Panel E
Celebrating America's Communal Spirit
17) Billboard-Delano
18) Table Blessing-Delano
19) Patriotic Rally-Siegel
20) Sunday School-Hollem
21) Mennonite Couple-Collier
22) Negro Church-Delano
23) Lucy Smith-Lee
24) Crutches-Lee
25) Reverend Vondell Gassaway-Parks
26) Blessing-Parks
27) Anointing-Parks
28) Polish Easter-Collins
29) Mealtime-Jacobs
30) Boy Scouts-Collier
31) Men Borrowing Santos--Collier
32) Synagogue interior-Delano
33) Hebrew School-Delano
34) Rabbi-Collier
35) Jewish Goods Store-Collins
36) Kosher Wine-Collins
37) Skull-Wolcott

Section IV (1 Panel; 8 Photographs)

Panel F
Faith Without People
38) Negroes' Church-Evans
39) Church of Nazarene-Evans
40) Church Interior-Evans
41) Pentecostal Church of God-Lange
42) Episcopal Church-Vachon
43) Trampas Church-Collier
44) Church Doorway-Collier
45) Synagogue-Delano

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