Program for a Reconsecration service at Murphy AME Church: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A printed program for the Re-opening reconsecration of Murphy AME Church. The recto features the schedule, selections, and speakers while the verso has text for the congregation and pastor to recite. The program is printed in black ink on white paper.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: September 4, 1927
• Printed by: Unidentified
• Subject of: African Methodist Episcopal Church, American, founded 1816
• Type: programs
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 6 7/8 × 4 in. (17.5 × 10.2 cm)
• Place depicted: Chester, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: African Methodist Episcopal
• Topic: Methodist
• Topic: Religion
• Topic: The Black Church
• Topic: Worship services
• Object number: 2014.63.102.7
• 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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