Glass paperweight featuring Mt. Zion M.E. Church: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A glass paperweight featuring a black and white photograph of a church and a cameo-sized portrait of Pastor W. Jefferson Moore in the upper right hand corner. Black type around the photographs reads: [MT. ZION M. E. CHURCH, Magnolia, N.J. / ERECTED, 1903] and [REV. W. JEFFERSON MOORE, Pastor]. The outer edge of the glass is beveled.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 20th Century
• Created by: Mt. Zion M.E. Church, founded 1903
• Subject of: Rev. W. Jefferson Moore, American
• Type: paperweights
• Medium: paper in glass
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 3 x 4 x 1 1/4 in. (7.6 x 10.2 x 3.2 cm)
• Place depicted: Mt. Zion M. E. Church, Magnolia, Camden County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Methodist
• Topic: Religion
• Object number: 2011.166.20abc
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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