House of Prayer For All People Church band: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A black-and-white photograph of members of a shout band from The United House of Prayer for All People. Two men are sitting in the front playing drums. Standing behind them are three men playing trombones and a fourth man playing a tuba. Another man can be seen in the background playing a trombone. All of the men are wearing white shirts with black and white stripped ties. The photograph is stamped on the back.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1977
• Photograph by: Milton Williams, American, born 1940
• Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men
• Subject of: The United House of Prayer For All People, American, founded 1919
• Type: gelatin silver prints
• Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 7 15/16 x 5 1/16 in. (20.2 x 12.9 cm)
• Place captured: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Band (Music)
• Topic: Gospel (Music)
• Topic: Local and regional
• Topic: Pentecostal
• Topic: Photography
• Topic: Religion
• Topic: Spirituals (Music)
• Object number: 2011.15.382
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Milton Williams Archives
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Sources and reuse

Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: © Milton Williams Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.