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Left Photo - Washington, D.C. (August 1942) Reverend Vondell Gassaway, pastor of the Saint Martin's Spiritual Church standing in a bowl of sacred water banked with roses, each of which he blesses and gives to a member who has been anointed and prayed for by a long line of disciples during the annual "flower bowl demonstration." Right Photo - Washington, D.C. (July 1942) Reverend Vondell Gassaway, pastor of the Saint Martin's Spiritual Church, preaching the Sunday sermon. |
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| Credits: Photographs by Gordon Parks, Courtesy of The Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. The Reverend Vondell Gassaway standing in a bowl of sacred water - Reproduction Number LC-USZ62-91455 DLC. Created/Published, August 1942. From the Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection. The Reverend Gassaway preaching the Sunday sermon at Saint Martin's Spiritual Church. Reproduction Number LC-USZ62-91454 DLC. Created/Published, July 1942. From the Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection. The Library of Congress - http://www.loc.gov/ Background pattern courtesy of the © |
