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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World's Fair Christian exhibits.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-29721 WORLD’S FAIR CHRISTIAN EXHIBITS NEW YORK -- Spires, towers, crosses, famous religious art objects, and light beams reaching skyward will project the Christian message to the 70 million people expected to visit the 1964-65 New York World’s Fair. Religious pavilions offering a wide variety of features will cover more than seven acres in the heart of the fair’s International and Industrial areas, space which has been provided rent-free. Architect’s rendering of the various pavilions are shown above. The Vatican Pavilion (top left) will be on an oval plot, surmounted by a lantern and cross and housing a 350-seat chapel. Also in the Roman Catholic pavilion will be the famed sculpture, “Pieta,” (center) created by Michelangelo in 1499, which the late Pope John XXIII agreed to send to the fair for display. The Protestant Center (top right) will be a united Christian display proclaiming the theme, “Jesus Christ, the Light of the World,” with an exhibit pavilion behind a Court of Protestant Pioneers, pillars dedicated to Christian leaders surrounding an elevated, illuminated cross. The center is sponsored by the Protestant Council of the City of New York, with several denominations participating. The main spire of the pavilion of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) (center left) will reach upward 127 feet and be crowned by a statue of the Angel Moroni. The structure is a replica of the famed Salt Lake City Temple. The Billy Graham Pavilion (center right) will be octagonal in shape and will incorporate a 500-seat theater, 150-seat chapel, counseling rooms, a lounge and offices. The Christian Science Pavilion (bottom left) will rise 35 feet in the shape of a seven-pointed star and will be topped by a diamond-shaped “sky dome” which will throw a shaft of light into the sky. The building will be surrounded by 14 illuminated fountains and an aluminum and glass reading room will be nearby. Films produced by the Moody Institute of Science, showing the harmony between science and religion, will be shown in the Sermons from Science Pavilion (bottom right), an exhibit sponsored by the Christian Life Convention of New York City. In the pavilion’s 500-seat circular theater, film narration and demonstrations will be in six languages, with translations available through earphones. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RNS-NY-8C-63-NBM)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., New York World’s Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.)
Topics:
Exhibitions--New York (State)--New York., Pavilions--New York (State)--New York., Religion--Exhibitions.
Geographic subjects:
Flushing Meadows-Corona Park (New York, N.Y.), Queens (New York, N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358116
Title:
Architect's sketch of the Sermons from Science Pavilion to be erected at the 1964-65 World's Fair.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #29701 ARCHITECT’S SKETCH OF THE SERMONS FROM SCIENCE PAVILION TO BE ERECTED AT THE 1964-65 WORLD’S FAIR. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., New York World’s Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.)
Topics:
Architectural drawing--New York (State)--New York., Pavilions--New York (State)--New York., Exhibitions--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
Flushing Meadows-Corona Park (New York, N.Y.), Queens (New York, N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358013
Title:
Fair crowds stream by Unisphere.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-30930 FAIR CROWDS STREAM BY UNISPHERE NEW YORK -- A balmy spring day brings large crowds to the newly-opened New York World’s Fair, where pavilions and exhibits over 646-acre expanse carry out the general theme of the exposition: “Peace through Understanding.” The towering Unisphere, standing over fountains and a broad pool, symbolizes today’s “shrinking world in an expanding universe.” In addition to hundreds of business, industrial and governmental structures, the Fair features eight different religious pavilions. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (MH-NY-4E-64-NBM)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., New York World’s Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.)
Topics:
Unisphere (New York, N.Y.), Parks--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
Queens (New York, N.Y.)--Buildings, structures, etc., Flushing Meadows-Corona Park (New York, N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348387
Title:
Bible translation described in fair pavilion.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-30929 BIBLE TRANSLATION DESCRIBED IN FAIR PAVILION NEW YORK -- One of the smallest, but most unusual, buildings at the New York World’s Fair is the “Pavilion of 2,000 Tribes.” Built by the Wycliffe Bible Translators to represent a native hut, the pavilion’s name represents the number of tribes as yet without a written language. In addition to an exhibit area describing translation technique and the work of the Wycliffe organization, fairgoers -- for 50-cent admission fee -- can view large murals in a display room which tell the story of Christian linguistic work among headhunters in the Peruvian jungles. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (MH-NY-4E-64-NBM)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., New York World’s Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.), Wycliffe Bible Translators.
Topics:
Bible--Translations., Exhibitions--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
Queens (New York, N.Y.)--Buildings, structures, etc., Flushing Meadows-Corona Park (New York, N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348375
Title:
Protestant and Orthodox Center formally opened.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-30927 PROTESTANT AND ORTHODOX CENTER FORMALLY OPENED NEW YORK -- Three leading churchmen taking part in services formally dedicating the Protestant and Orthodox Center at the New York World’s Fair stand in the Court of Protestant Pioneers (top photo) at the entrance to the $3 million structure. From left to right, they are: Dr. Arthur L. Kinsolving, rector of St. James Episcopal church, New York, and president of the Protestant Council of the City of New York, which is sponsoring the pavilion; Archbishop Iakovos, Primate of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America, and Dr. R.H. Edwin Espy, executive secretary of the National Council of Church. The services opened with a processional (bottom photo) led by acolytes [acolytes] and the combined choirs of Good Shepherd Lutheran church of Brooklyn. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (MH-NY-4E-64-NBM)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., New York World’s Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.), Kinsolving, Arthur Lee., Protestant Council of the City of New York., Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America., Iakovos, Archbishop of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America., Espy, R. H. Edwin., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Orthodox Eastern Church--Bishops., Episcopal Church--Clergy.
Topics:
Clergy--New York (State)--New York., Bishops--New York (State)--New York., Dedication services--New York (State)--New York., Ecumenical movement--New York (State)--New York., Interdenominational cooperation--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
Queens (New York, N.Y.), Flushing Meadows-Corona Park (New York, N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348374

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