Picture postcard of the Broadway Temple A. M. E. Zion Church: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A picture postcard of the front view of Broadway Temple A. M. E. Zion Church in Louisville, KY. At top right, an oval shaped picture of Pastor W. J. Walls, B.D with text identifying him at the bottom. The postcard has text at the bottom center identifying the church [BROADWAY TEMPLE A.M.E. ZION CHURCH / LOUISVILLE, KY. The back of the postcard is unused with [PRIVATE MAILING CARD] printed in black at the top and two blank spaces separated by a vertical black line in the middle. In the upper right corner is a [PLACE/ STAMP / HERE] stamp.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1915-1920
• Created by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Broadway Temple A.M.E. Zion Church, American, founded 1876
• Subject of: Bishop W. J. Walls, American, 1885 - 1975
• Type: picture postcards
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 3 3/4 x 6 in. (9.5 x 15.2 cm)
• Place depicted: Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: African Methodist Episcopal
• Topic: Correspondence
• Topic: Methodist
• Topic: Religion
• Topic: Religious leaders
• Topic: The Black Church
• Object number: 2011.36.75
• 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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