Religious News Service Photographs

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Conceived by journalist Louis Minsky (1909-1957), Religious News Service (RNS) was established in 1934 as an affiliated but independently managed agency of the National Conference of Jews and Christians (later the National Conference of Christians and Jews), and was dedicated to providing authoritative and bias-free news about religion and ethics to both the secular and religious press. This collection contains photographs documenting Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox, and Jewish groups. Coverage of Protestants (especially mainline Protestants) and Catholics constitutes the bulk of the images. View the collection guide to learn more. Digitization of some of the images in this collection made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Featured image: Father James Groppi, the civil rights activist priest from Milwaukee, and militant leader Rennie Davis are taken into custody during an anti war demonstration a block from the White House.

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Kindergarten dances.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #4481 KINDERGARTEN DANCES These sisters are doing a kindergarten dance as part of their training to teach kindergarten classes. Some 145 nuns from 33 orders in 24 states attended instruction at De Paul University in Chicago to learn by doing. LEFT TO RIGHT are: Sister Mary James Louis, B.V.M., Kansas City; Sister Thomas Aquinas, O.P., Chicago; Sister Mary Alice, R.S.M., Lake Forest, Ill.; Sister Mary Leonard, H.P.N., Argo, Ill., and Sister Mary Thomosita, O.F.M., Ft. Wayne, Ind. (One of a series) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (INP-CHI-MES-9B-6-R)
Creator:
International News Photos (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., DePaul University., Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Dubuque, Iowa), Callahan, Sister Mary James Louis., Dominicans., Kenny, Sister Mary Alice., Sisters of Mercy., Sisters of Saint Francis (Oldenburg, Ind.)
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360284
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Baptist retire chapel car.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: BAPTIST RETIRE CHAPEL CAR #S-3420 CHICAGO, Ill. -- Chicago’s Baptists have bidden farewell to one of the last vestiges of a vanishing era in American life--a “chapel” car. A historic relic of Frontier Christianity, the “church on wheels” owned by the Northern Baptist Convention was on exhibition here before making its last trip to the convention’s assembly ground at Green Lake, Wisconsin. Known as “Grace” the car contained pulpit, organ, pews for 65 worshippers and a three-room apartment for the minister and his family. Standing beside the car here are the Rev. and Mrs. Howard Parry who used the car at Provo, Utah for two years. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (PA-NY-LM-5A-6-W-B)
Creator:
International News Photos (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company.
Topics:
Pastoral theology--Equipment and supplies., Rural clergy--Travel., Railroad passenger cars--Illinois--Chicago., Chapels--Illinois--Chicago., Home missions--West (U.S.), Baptists--Missions.
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359580
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Gerald Smith and wife attend court session.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: CIII WATCH YOUR CREDIT-INTERNATIONAL NEWS PHOTOS SLUG (SMITH-WIFE) 76292 GERALD SMITH AND WIFE ATTEND COURT SESSION CHICAGO, ILL….Gerald L.K. Smith, chief of the “America First” Party, and his wife, Elena [sic], sit in a Chicago municipal courtroom, hearing testimony in the disorderly conduct trial of Arthur Terminiello, suspended Catholic priest. Smith and Fred Kister, head of Christian Veterans of America, will be tried later on same charge, stemming out of a riot outside the hall in which they spoke. Photo by Les Colman (C) (W) 3-29-46 (NS)
Creator:
International News Photos (New York, N.Y.) (publisher), Coleman, Les. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Smith, Gerald L. K. (Gerald Lyman Kenneth), 1898-1976., Smith, Elna M., Christian Nationalist Party (U.S.)
Topics:
White supremacy movements--United States., Christianity and antisemitism--United States., Racism--Religious aspects--Christianity., Criminal procedure--Illinois--Chicago.
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359070
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Nuns go down submarine.
Description:
Group of nuns view a submarine on display at the Powerama Exhibition.
Creator:
International News Photos (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Illinois--Chicago., Vaughn, Jack.
Topics:
Nuns--Illinois--Chicago., Nuns as teachers--Illinois--Chicago., Submarines (Ships)--Illinois--Chicago., Exhibitions--Illinois--Chicago.
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:148664

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