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[Congregation During Note Burning]

Description: Photograph of a congregation during a note-burning service. A number of men are standing in two lines at the front of the church, while a man in the center lights a paper that he is holding. The pews are filled with women who are facing the front of the church. Handwriting on the back says, "Antioch Bapt. Church Note Burning."
Date: unknown
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

[St. Paul Choir]

Description: Photograph of a large group of people, most of whom are wearing choir robes, posing in three rows in the choir loft of St. Paul Baptist Church. Three people are seated in front of the group: a woman wearing a choir robe in the center, a man to the left, and a young man to the right. Writing on the wall above the loft says, "Thou Shalt Have No Other God Before [Me]" and handwriting on the back of the photo says, "St. Paul Bapt. Church."
Date: unknown
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

[Group of People Wearing Crowns]

Description: Photograph of a man wearing a suit, seated in a chair with a group of people around him. There are two men, standing on either side, who are wearing elaborate robes and crowns; a number of women, also wearing crowns, are standing in a semi-circle, around them on the left side of the image.
Date: unknown
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

[Children at Corinth Baptist Church]

Description: Photograph of a group of children, ten girls and four boys, posing in three rows in a choir loft at Corinth Baptist Church; a young boy and girl wearing crowns are standing together in front of the loft. A painting depicting Jesus in a river and Calvary is visible on the wall behind them (right), and an upright piano is partially visible in front of the loft on the left side of the image. Handwritten text on the back says, "King & Queen Review, Corinth Bapt. Church."
Date: unknown
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

[Attendees at Women's Tea]

Description: Photograph of participants at a women's tea, including a group of eight women and two men standing in a semi-circle behind a table, with two other women sitting on either side of the table at the front. The table has a bouquet of flowers and a tea tray with a metal tea set. Handwriting on the back says, "Morningside Bapt. Church"
Date: unknown
Creator: John Turner Studio
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

[Choir on Decorated Stage]

Description: Photograph of a group of people gathered in a tight group on a slightly-raised stage, and a man facing them with his arms raised. The room is decorated with crepe paper streamers on the ceiling, metallic fringe on the walls, and greenery around the edge of the stage and on the upright piano in the center of the image. A woman is seated at the piano and looking at the group, to her left.
Date: unknown
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

[Elder Harrison and Church of the Living God]

Description: Portrait of a man wearing a clerical collar, cut into an oval shape and pasted on the left side of a photograph of the entrance to a one-story building with a sign that says "Church of the Living God, Elder C. Harrison, Pastor" above the front entrance. Handwriting on the back says, "Elder Harrison."
Date: unknown
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

[New Bethel Junior Ushers]

Description: Photograph of a group of thirteen girls and two boys of various ages posing in two lines at New Bethel Baptist Church with a man standing on the right side of the group and a woman standing to the left. Behind them, there is a closed curtain below a cross, and a loft area to the left, also with a drawn curtain. Handwritten on the back is, "New Bethel Jr. ushers."
Date: unknown
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

[Ebenezer Chapel Baptist Church]

Description: Photograph of the front (west side) of Ebenezer Chapel Baptist Church located at 1915 Amanda Ave. in Fort Worth, Texas. It is a single-story, L-shaped brick building with a pointed steeple in the center of the main area. The area around the church is dirt and it appears that the building was recently completed. Handwritten on the back: "Ebenezer Bapt. Ch."
Date: unknown
Creator: John Turner Studio
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

The New 1957 Fort Worth Church Guide

Description: Directory of Black churches in the Fort Worth area with photographs, addresses, congregation sizes, and short histories and descriptions. The churches are organized alphabetically, by denomination, with a table of contents on page 2.
Date: 1957~
Creator: Cook and Royal Advertising Agency
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

[3rd Anniversary for Rev. C. A. Holliday]

Description: Photograph of a 3rd anniversary celebration for Reverend C. A. Holliday at the Greater St. James Baptist Church. Rev. Holliday is standing in front of a wooden pulpit along other church leaders and choir members standing in rows behind him. A thermometer measuring cash donated for the church building fund has been placed between large bouquets of flowers in front of the pulpit, and a banner for Rev. Holliday is hung along the back wall of the church.
Date: 1955
Creator: Turner, John
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society
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