- Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Title:
- [Photograph of baptismal service, Wilkes County, Georgia, 1913]
- Creator:
- Stephenson, J.W.
- Date of Original:
- 1913
- Subject:
- Baptism
African American churches--Georgia--Wilkes County
African Americans--Georgia--Wilkes County
Wilkes County (Ga.)--Religion - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Wilkes County, 33.78195, -82.74323
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- "Wilkes County, 1913. Black Baptist Baptismal Service. 48 folks in the water. Rev. R.W. White baptizing at New Salem Baptist Church. He organized (the church) by Phillip Mill Church (which was a white church) around 1882. Man with black hat Gus Jackson who farmed with Jim M. Griffin (who was white). Jackson was probably a sharecropper. Note people gathered on bank. Located west of Washington on Rt. 44."--from field notes
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_wlk122
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/do:wlk122
- Additional Rights Information:
- Held by Georgia Archives, 5800 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, GA 30260.
Contact repository re: reproduction and usage. - Holding Institution:
- Georgia Archives
- Rights:
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