[Baptism at Coney Island] - Digital Collections

Call NumberHERZ_0198
Title[Baptism at Coney Island]
SummaryTwo African American women (one gesticulating, one clasping hands over breast) and three African American men standing in water at Coney Island in baptismal ritual for the Assembly of Jahweh Church; three figures in center wearing white clerical robes; other two in street clothes.
Date[197-?]
Formatstill image
Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. Photographer's stamp on verso.
CreatorHerzberg, Irving I. [photographer]
SubjectBaptism -- New York (State) -- New York ; African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York
CollectionIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection
Finding AidView the finding aid
PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)
Cite AsIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
FolderIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection ; Folder: Coney Island: Assembly of Jahweh: Baptism