The children’s choir of Shiloh Baptist Church, Washington, D.C., 1998: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A black-and-white photograph of children singing. Two girls and a boy are in the front row looking up at a person’s hands at the top of the image. Additional children can be seen behind them. They are all dressed in white and dark colored clothes. No inscriptions on the front or back.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1998; printed 2012
• Photograph by: Jason Miccolo Johnson, American
• Subject of: Shiloh Baptist Church of Washington, DC, American, founded 1804
• Subject of: Unidentified Child or Children
• Type: gelatin silver prints
• Type: portraits
• Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
• Dimensions: H x W (sheet): 19 7/8 x 15 7/8 in. (50.5 x 40.3 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (image): 18 5/8 x 12 1/2 in. (47.3 x 31.8 cm)
• Place captured: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Baptist
• Topic: Children
• Topic: Local and regional
• Topic: Photography
• Topic: Religion
• Topic: Singers (Musicians)
• Topic: The Black Church
• Object number: 2012.144.3
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Jason Miccolo Johnson
• 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: © Jason Miccolo Johnson Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.