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[Presentation of a Candle]

Description: Photograph of the presentation of a wide candle from one man to another on the front sanctuary of the Rockwall First Baptist Church. Four men look onward, one seated at far left, and three others standing behind the altar, which is decorated with a flower vase. The choir, seated along the back of the sanctuary under a large stained glass window, watch the event.
Date: unknown
Partner: First Baptist Church of Rockwall

[Choir Group, Old First Baptist Church]

Description: Photograph of a choir group in the old Rockwall First Baptist Church, standing in the back of the sanctuary, wearing choir robes and holding choir books. The front of the choir section is decorated with a small shrub. A note on the back identifies Gholda McCowlskey in the front row, second from left (the writer's mother).
Date: unknown
Partner: First Baptist Church of Rockwall

[Choir Group, Satin Shirts #1]

Description: Photograph of a choir group in the front of the worship center of the Rockwall First Baptist Church. Women in the choir group, arranged on the left and right wings of the choir, wear satin shirts with golden stoles. Men along the center of the choir group wear tuxedos. The sanctuary and choir section is decorated with poinsettias and white flowers.
Date: unknown
Partner: First Baptist Church of Rockwall

[Fourth of July Celebration: Choir Performance]

Description: Photograph of a choir performance during a Fourth of July celebration in the Rockwall First Baptist Church. The choir stands at the back end of the worship center, dressed in red and white, singing from their choir books. A man conducts them from behind the pulpit. The sanctuary is decorated with flowers and American flags, with one large prominent flag hanging on the wall above the choir singers.
Date: July 4, 1993
Partner: First Baptist Church of Rockwall

[Choir Group, Satin Shirts #2]

Description: Photograph of a choir group in the front of the worship center of the Rockwall First Baptist Church. Women in the choir group, arranged on the left and right wings of the choir, wear satin shirts with golden stoles. Men along the center of the choir group wear tuxedos. The sanctuary and choir section is decorated with poinsettias and white flowers.
Date: unknown
Partner: First Baptist Church of Rockwall

[Choir Group, Rockwall First Baptist]

Description: Photograph of a choir group in the First Baptist Church of Rockwall. The choir wears red stoles and white robes, holding red choir books in their hand. They are conducted by a man standing in front of the pulpit, with two other men in suits watching from the pulpit chairs. Below the choir section, which is decorated with poinsettias and garlands, a man in a white robe plays at a grand piano. People watch the performance from the pews, which are lined with churchgoers.
Date: unknown
Partner: First Baptist Church of Rockwall

[3rd Anniversary for Rev. C. A. Holliday]

Description: Photograph of a 3rd anniversary celebration for Reverend C. A. Holliday at the Greater St. James Baptist Church. Rev. Holliday is standing in front of a wooden pulpit along other church leaders and choir members standing in rows behind him. A thermometer measuring cash donated for the church building fund has been placed between large bouquets of flowers in front of the pulpit, and a banner for Rev. Holliday is hung along the back wall of the church.
Date: 1955
Creator: Turner, John
Partner: Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society

[Austin Avenue Methodist Church Chancel]

Description: Photograph of the chancel and the altar of the Austin Avenue Methodist Church in Waco, Texas. Most of the chancel is raised on a platform. At the very back is the raised choir loft and the Kilgen organ console (mostly obscured). The back wall contains wooden paneling, tracery and facade organ pipes. A short upper wooden screen separates the choir from the main part of the chancel, on which are clergy seats, the pulpit, decorated with a parament, and the altar. This portion is accessible by stai… more
Date: December 22, 1953
Creator: Willis Studio
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Choir at Service, Rockwall First Baptist]

Description: Photograph of a choir performance of the Rockwall First Baptist Church during a church service, holding choir books and standing at the back of the worship center behind the clergy chairs and the pulpit. On both sides of the pulpit is a piano (left) and an organ (right), performed by two keyboardists performing alongside the choir. Churchgoers are seated in the church pews, some looking down and reading their missals.
Date: unknown
Partner: First Baptist Church of Rockwall

[Rockwall First Baptist Sanctuary #1]

Description: Photograph of the sanctuary of the First Baptist Church of Rockwall during a service. The chancel is positioned on a raised platform at the end of the sanctuary, atop which is placed the pulpit, the clergy chairs, and the choir section. On both sides of the chancel are the keyboard instruments, a grand piano at left and an organ at right. A large window sits above the chancel, and large lamps hang above the length of the sanctuary. Churchgoers are seated along several rows of pews. The church p… more
Date: unknown
Partner: First Baptist Church of Rockwall

[Rockwall First Baptist Sanctuary #2]

Description: Photograph of the sanctuary of the First Baptist Church of Rockwall during a service. The chancel is positioned on a raised platform at the end of the sanctuary, atop which is placed the pulpit, the clergy chairs, and the choir section. On both sides of the chancel are the keyboard instruments, a grand piano at left and an organ at right. A large window sits above the chancel, and large lamps hang above the length of the sanctuary. Churchgoers are seated along several rows of pews.
Date: unknown
Partner: First Baptist Church of Rockwall

[Rockwall First Baptist Sanctuary #3]

Description: Photograph of the sanctuary of the First Baptist Church of Rockwall during a service. The chancel is positioned on a raised platform at the end of the sanctuary, atop which is placed the pulpit, the clergy chairs, and the choir section. On both sides of the chancel are the keyboard instruments, a grand piano at left and an organ at right. A large window sits above the chancel, and large lamps hang above the length of the sanctuary. Churchgoers are seated along several rows of pews. The church p… more
Date: unknown
Partner: First Baptist Church of Rockwall

[Rockwall First Baptist Chancel]

Description: Photograph of the chancel of the First Baptist Church of Rockwall as depicted from the third row of the sanctuary's right pews. An altar is positioned in front the front of the chancel, on which are placed three golden bowls. The pulpit and the chairs for the clergy are elevated on a platform accessible by stairs; behind the pulpit is the choir section, above which is a large stained-glass window.
Date: unknown
Partner: First Baptist Church of Rockwall

["The Gift" Choir, Rockwall First Baptist]

Description: Photograph of a "The Gift" choir, arranged in the main sanctuary of the Rockwall First Baptist Church, which is decorated for Christmas with poinsettias and biblical imagery. The choir members, wearing red stoles and holding, red choir books, stand in three rows behind the conductor's podium and music stand, in front of the pews, where congregants are seated. A logotype reading "The Gift" is projected or printed above the choir.
Date: unknown
Partner: First Baptist Church of Rockwall

[Choir Rehearsals]

Description: Photograph of a choir being conducted at the First Baptist Church of Rockwall. The conductor stands with his back behind the pulpit, facing the choir section and listening to the choir sing. The choir members, dressed in casual clothes, hold up choir books.
Date: unknown
Partner: First Baptist Church of Rockwall
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