[Baptist Sunday School Convention, Rockwall]

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Photograph of a convention of Baptist adult Sunday schools in Rockwall organized by the Philathean Society. Several women stand on the steps of a church building, arranged in four rows. Two groups of women along the front row each hold a sign, a pennant at left reading "Philathea" and a flag-shaped banner at right reading "First Annual Convention Banner." Names of attendees is listed on the back of the photograph.

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1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 25 cm., on mat 25 x 35 cm.

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Creator: Unknown. 1926.

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First Baptist Church of Rockwall

The First Baptist Church of Rockwall (FBCR) is the oldest congregation in the Dallas Baptist Association. Organized in 1852 as the New Hope Baptist Church, this institution holds records that highlight developments in religious teaching, ideology, and practice and of the community the church serves. These materials reflect the growth and community of Rockwall, Texas through the eyes of one of its earliest churches.

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Photograph of a convention of Baptist adult Sunday schools in Rockwall organized by the Philathean Society. Several women stand on the steps of a church building, arranged in four rows. Two groups of women along the front row each hold a sign, a pennant at left reading "Philathea" and a flag-shaped banner at right reading "First Annual Convention Banner." Names of attendees is listed on the back of the photograph.

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1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 25 cm., on mat 25 x 35 cm.

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Individuals listed on back, from left to right: 1st row (front row), Mrs. Pop Williams, Mrs. E. B. Shaw, Mrs. Hale (pastor's wife), Mrs. Hickerson (Mrs. Dobell's mother), Mrs. Gordon Sabell[?], Mrs. ? Brownell, Mrs. Ernest Shaw (later Mrs. Oscar Horton), Mrs. Jesse Briggs, Mrs. A. B. C. Dean (scept.[?] of school wife), Mrs. ? Bowen (teacher). Second row, Mrs. Ester Queen Pierce, Mrs. Bot McClain (wife of [?] sherif [sic] and deputy sherif [sic]), Mrs. Gene Paynes ("I am not sure"), Miss Clem Fondren, Mrs. Tom Camrep[?], Mrs. George Adams, Mrs. Brown Walker. 3rd row, Mrs. Gladys Floyd Williams ("I am not sure"), Mrs. Jim Williamson, "I can't place this lady although I remember her face", Mrs. Charlie Darr, Mrs. Nodie Lawhorn ("I am not sure"), Mrs. Gene Eagle, Mrs. ? Underwood. 4th row, "the first two I can't place", Mrs. Henry Rochell, "I can't place the next lady", Miss Lessie Adamson, "I can't place the next lady", Miss Ethel Fondren, Mrs. Mitchel Brown ("I am not sure"). 5th row (back row), Mrs. Bud Middleton ("I am not sure"), Mrs. ? Gacy[?], "I can't place the next three ladys" [sic], Mrs. J. O. Wallace.

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[Baptist Sunday School Convention, Rockwall], photograph, 1926; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1662288/: accessed May 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting First Baptist Church of Rockwall.

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