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Members of the Primitive Baptist Church in Moorehead [sic], Kentucky, Attending a Creek Baptism by Submersion, August 1940

Marion Post WolcottAugust 1940

The J. Paul Getty Museum

The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States

A number of people look on as two people are about to be baptized by two ministers in a creek.

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  • Title: Members of the Primitive Baptist Church in Moorehead [sic], Kentucky, Attending a Creek Baptism by Submersion, August 1940
  • Creator: Marion Post Wolcott
  • Date Created: August 1940
  • Location Created: Morehead, Kentucky, United States
  • Physical Dimensions: 17.8 × 24.4 cm (7 × 9 5/8 in.)
  • Type: Print
  • External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
  • Medium: Gelatin silver print
  • Terms of Use: Open Content
  • Number: 2016.133
  • Culture: American
  • Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Gift of Leslie, Judith, and Gabrielle Schreyer
  • Creator Display Name: Marion Post Wolcott (American, 1910 - 1990)
  • Classification: Photographs (Visual Works)
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