• Collection ID 2000.0089.3
  • Creator Names First Baptist Church (Chicago, Ill.)
  • Title First Baptist Church of Chicago photograph collection [graphic].
  • Dates [ca. 1900-1970s]
  • Physical description
    • 266 photographic prints : b&w ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller.
    • 47 photographic prints : col. ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller.
    • 1 collage (10 photographic prints) : b&w ; 14 x 19 in.
    • 1 collage (2 photographic print) : b&w, col. ; 8 1/2 x 11 in.
    • 1 collage (5 newsprint clippings) ; 8 1/2 x 11 in
    • 8 photomechanical prints : b&w ; 4 x 3 in. and smaller.
    • 1 album (65 photographic prints) : b&w ; 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 in.
    • 1 album (5 photographic prints) : b&w ; 2 1/4 x 4 in.
    • 1 panoramic photographic print : b&w ; 6 x 18 in.
    • 41 negatives : b&w ; 2 x 3 in.
    • 2 negative strips : b&w ; 120 mm.
    • 20 negative strips : col. ; 35 mm.
    • 3 photolithographic transparencies : b&w ; 11 x 14 in.
  • Access and usage restrictions Advance appointment required to view color materials in cold storage.
  • Collection summary Images of the congregation, students, and choir, interior and exterior views of the buildings, and various church ceremonies and events. The collection also includes photographs of Dr. Jitsuo Morikawa, who became minister in 1943, and other ministers from the 20th century, as well as a child's handmade album, a scrapbook from 1946 of a youth fellowship program, and collages of congregation members and ministers.
  • Acquisition information Gift of First Baptist Church of Chicago (2000.0089.3).
  • Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Credit photographer.
  • Location of Other Archival Materials Note Related materials at Chicago History Museum, Research Center, include the First Baptist Church of Chicago records and several publications and newsletters cataloged by title.
  • Names
    • First Baptist Church (Chicago, Ill.) Photographs.
    • 935 East 50th Street (Chicago, Ill.)
    • Andrews, Charles.
    • Marx, Mary.
    • Morikawa, Jitsuo.
  • Subjects
    • Baptists Illinois Chicago 1900-1979. lctgm
    • African Americans Illinois Chicago 1950-1979.
    • Japanese American clergy Illinois Chicago 1940-1959.
    • Japanese Americans Illinois Chicago 1940-1979.
    • Rites & ceremonies Illinois Chicago 1900-1979. lctgm
    • Women Illinois Chicago 1900-1979. lctgm
  • Geographic coverage
    • Chicago (Ill.) Church history 1900-1979.
    • Kenwood (Chicago, Ill.)
  • Genre
    • Portrait photographs. gmgpc
    • Photographic prints Color. gmgpc
    • Gelatin silver prints. gmgpc
    • Scrapbooks. aat
    • Collages. gmgpc
    • Photograph albums. gmgpc
  • Geographic name United States Illinois Cook County Chicago.