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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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P35263
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Date:
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19380808
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Author/Creator:
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Acme Newspictures (New York, NY).
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Title:
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Father Divine. [P35263]
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Format:
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black and white
7x9
None
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Description:
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Copyrighted
Description: A group of Father Divine's followers on shore awaiting Father Divine at a new 'heaven' at Krum Elbow, New York; August 8, 1938.
Caption with the photo says: DIVINE FOLLOWERS AWAIT ARRIVAL AT KRUM ELBOW, N.Y.--DISCIPLES OF FATHER DIVINE, NEGRO LEADER, STANDING ON A DOCK AT THE KRUM ELBOW 'HEAVEN,' DIRECTLY ACROSS THE RIVER FROM THE ESTATE OF PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, AWAITING THE ARRIVAL OF DIVINE AND SOME 3,000 OF HIS FOLLOWERS WHO LEFT NEW YORK CITY ON TWO EXCURSION BOATS ON AUGUST 8TH, BOUND FOR A TWO-DAY TRIP TO THE 'PROMISED LANDS' ALONG THE HUDSON RIVER. THE ARRIVAL WAS DELAYED BECAUSE THE SHIPS TIED UP FOR LUNCHEON AT THE MILTON, N.Y. 'HEAVEN.' NOTE THE SIGN ON THE DOCK WHICH READS 'FATHER DIVINE SHALL COVER THE EARTH.'
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Subject:
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Father Divine.
Krum-Elbow-on-the-Hudson (NY).
Afro-American clergy.
New York--Krum Elbow.
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Date Cataloged:
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02/17/2022
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Archive ID | Delivery Description | Price | ||
155232 | View Original at FPHC | * See note below | Add to cart. |
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