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Resource Type:
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Photographs
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Language:
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English
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Location:
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P30567
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Date:
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1938
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Author/Creator:
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International News Photo.
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Title:
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Father Divine. [P30567]
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Format:
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black and white
6x8
None
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Description:
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Copyrighted
Description: Press photo of Father Divine speaking before a group of people in Milton, New York; 1938.
Photo is stamped Aug. 11, 1938. Caption reads: 'HEAVEN'S HIS DESTINATION: MILTON, N.Y.... STOPPING OFF ON THE WAY TO HIS NEWEST 'HEAVEN' AT KRUM ELBOW, N.Y., FATHER DIVINE - 'GOD' TO A BIG SLICE OF HARLEM - IS SHOWN ADDRESSING HIS 3,000 PILGRMS AT ANOTHER OF HIS 'EDENS' IN THE FORMER ARTISTS' COLONY IN MILTON, N.Y. DIVINE TOLD HIS FOLLOWERS - 'THERE ARE THOSE WHO SHOULD BE EARNING THEIR LIVING WHO ARE ON THE DOLE. THIS MAKES THEM IMPRACTICAL, INUSEFUL AND GOOD FOR NOTHING. WE MEAN TO LIFT UP A STANDARD THAT CAN'T BE CRITICIZED. BY MY SYSTEM WE WOULD OVERCOME ALL DEPRESSIONS IN ALL COUNTRIES AND WE WOULDN'T HAVE A WELFARE.' STUFFED WITH FRIED CHIDKEN, WATER MELON, APPLE PIE AND ICE CREAM. THE PILGRIMS RESPONDED WITH WITH 'SO SWEET, FATHER, SO REAL, SO REAL, SO GLAD.'
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Subject:
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Father Divine.
Afro-American clergy.
New York--Milton.
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Date Cataloged:
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01/26/2016
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Archive ID | Delivery Description | Price | ||
113807 | View Original at FPHC | * See note below | Add to cart. |
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