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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Title:
Bus solves evangelists' housing shortage.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: BUS SOLVES EVANGELISTS’ HOUSING SHORTAGE #s3519 LOS ANGELES -- Ten members of the Libbey family, touring evangelists, are shown on the “back porch” of their rolling home. They travel from state to state presenting programs of religious music in different churches. The entire family is musical, including 82-year-old Grandfather, who plays the drums. The bus was bought five years ago after being honorably retired by the Los Angeles transportation system. It has been converted into living quarters by installing Pullman-style berths in the lower deck that fold out of the ceiling. When the berths come down, curtains automatically fall over the windows. The upper deck is used to store musical instruments and for cooking and eating when the weather is fine. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (ANH-LA-MES-5B-6-W)
Creator:
Herrman, A. Martin. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Evangelists--California--Los Angeles., Music--Religious aspects--Christianity., Evangelists--Housing., Buses--California--Los Angeles.
Geographic subjects:
Los Angeles (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359593
Title:
Solace for the weary.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: SOLACE FOR THE WEARY #3393 LOS ANGELES -- Grace Cathedral’s Wayside Shrine of St. Francis -- a tiny chapel seating only 12 persons -- is open here 24 hours a day for those seeking rest and spiritual meditation. A year ago it was a shabby little shack, but Canon Charles Shreve dreamed of making it a place of refuge for men and women of all religions and creeds. The Shrine cost $3,000, all of it contributed within a space of two weeks. John de Rosen, famous muralist, after spending an hour in the Shrine, offered to paint the meeting of St. Francis and the beggar over the altar free of charge. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (AR-LOS-AN-MES-5B-6-A-E)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Grace Cathedral (San Francisco, Calif.), Episcopal Church--Buildings., Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226--Shrines.
Topics:
Church buildings--California--San Francisco., Chapels--California--San Francisco., Prayer--California--San Francisco.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359381
Title:
Evangelists whip housing crisis by living, traveling in big bus.
Description:
Clipping from an unknown issue of an unknown publication.
Creator:
Herrman, A. Martin. (contributor)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Evangelists--California--Los Angeles., Music--Religious aspects--Christianity., Evangelists--Housing., Buses--California--Los Angeles.
Geographic subjects:
Los Angeles (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359278
Title:
Returning to China mission field.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: RETURNING TO CHINA MISSION FIELD #c-3265 SAN FRANCISCO -- The Rev. Herbert F. Vandenberg (left), of Chicago, and the Rev. Vincent D. Smith, of Milwaukee, Wis., are shown in their stateroom on the S.S. Lakeland Victory before its departure for China where they will resume their mission work interrupted by the war. The Vincentian priests, two of a group of four, are returning to Yukiang, remote part of Kiangsi province, 400 miles southwest of Shanghai. When the Japanese occupied the region they fled to the hills. They arrived back in this country after five months of walking, hitch-hiking, and sailing. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BLR-SF-MES-4C-6-C)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Clergy., Catholic Church--Missions--China--Yujiang Xian., Vandenberg, Herbert F., Smith, Vincent D.
Topics:
Clergy--California--San Francisco., Missions--China--Yujiang Xian., World War, 1939-1945--China.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.), Yujiang Xian (China)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359108
Title:
Easter sunrise service atop Mt. Davidson, San Francisco.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: FOR USE IN EASTER ISSUES EASTER SUNRISE SERVICE #3098 Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RNS-NY-ID-JOG-2-COV)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Easter--California--San Francisco., Easter service., Armenian Genocide, 1915-1923., World War, 1914-1918--Monuments--California--San Francisco., High crosses (Sculpture)--California--San Francisco.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359021
Title:
Young People’s Church of Hollywood opens.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #868 YOUNG PEOPLE’S CHURCH OF HOLLYWOOD OPENS HOLLYWOOD, Calif. -- The Young People’s Church of Hollywood has been organized in the movie capital by a former chaplain, the Rev. Clarence W. Franz. Photo shows head usher Lee Bonnell displaying poster that has been distributed throughout Los Angeles inviting young people to the church. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (JW-LA-LM-10255)
Creator:
Losque. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Young People's Church of Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.), Bonnell, Lee., Storm, Gale, 1922-2009.
Topics:
Church attendance--California--Los Angeles., Church work with youth--California--Los Angeles., Church membership--California--Los Angeles., Actors' spouses--California--Los Angeles., Motion picture actors and actresses--United States., Church ushers.
Geographic subjects:
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358885
Title:
Young People’s Church of Hollywood opens.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #867 YOUNG PEOPLE’S CHURCH OF HOLLYWOOD OPENS HOLLYWOOD, Calif. -- Several hundred young men and women attended the opening service of the Young People’s Church of Hollywood, organized by the Rev. Clarence W. Franz, a former chaplain. Mr. Franz plans to let the youngsters pretty much run church activities. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (JW-LA-LM-10185)
Creator:
Losque. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Young People's Church of Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Topics:
Church attendance--California--Los Angeles., Church work with youth--California--Los Angeles., Church membership--California--Los Angeles.
Geographic subjects:
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358884
Title:
U.S. protestant delegation goes to Japan.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #852 U.S. PROTESTANT DELEGATION GOES TO JAPAN HAMILTON FIELD, Calif. -- A delegation of four American Protestant leaders leave Hamilton field at San Francisco to visit Japan where they will confer with Japanese Christian leaders on re-establishing unity among Christians of the East and West. (Left to right) Dr. Douglas Horton, chairman, American Committee of the World Council of Churches; Dr. Lumen J. Shafer, chairman, Japan Committee, Foreign Missions Conference of North America; Bishop James C. Baker, chairman, International Missionary Council, Dr. Walter W. Van Kirk, secretary, Department of International Justice and Goodwill, Federal Council of Churches. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (MCE-SF-LM-10245)
Creator:
Acme Newspictures (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Horton, Douglas, 1891-1968., American Committee for the World Council of Churches., Shafer, Lumen J., Foreign Missions Conference of North America., Baker, James Chamberlain, 1879-1969., International Missionary Council., Van Kirk, Walter W. (Walter William), 1891-1956., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America., United States. Army Air Forces. Air Transport Command.
Topics:
Ecumenical movement., Protestant churches--Clergy., Missions--Interdenominational cooperation., Missions--Japan., Air bases--California--Marin County.
Geographic subjects:
Hamilton Field (Calif.), Marin County (Calif.), Japan.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358870
Title:
Young Peoples Church.
Description:
Text transcribed from annotations: #812 YOUNG PEOPLES CHURCH. Hollywood, Calif.
Creator:
Losque. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Young People's Church of Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.), Storm, Gale, 1922-2009.
Topics:
Church attendance--California--Lost Angeles., Church work with youth--California--Lost Angeles., Motion picture actors and actresses--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358856
Title:
Young Peoples Church.
Description:
Text transcribed from annotations: #812 YOUNG PEOPLES CHURCH. Hollywood, Calif.
Creator:
Losque. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Young People's Church of Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.), Franz, Clarence W., Episcopal Church--Clergy.
Topics:
Church attendance--California--Lost Angeles., Church work with youth--California--Lost Angeles., Public speaking--Religious aspects., Preaching--California--Lost Angeles., Liturgies--California--Lost Angeles., Church membership--California--Lost Angeles.
Geographic subjects:
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358855
Title:
Young Peoples Church.
Description:
Text transcribed from annotations: #812 YOUNG PEOPLES CHURCH. Hollywood, Calif.
Creator:
Losque. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Young People's Church of Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Topics:
Church attendance--California--Lost Angeles., Church work with youth--California--Lost Angeles., Church membership--California--Lost Angeles.
Geographic subjects:
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358854
Title:
Young Peoples Church.
Description:
Text transcribed from annotations: #812 YOUNG PEOPLES CHURCH. Hollywood, Calif.
Creator:
Losque. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Young People's Church of Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.), Chapman College--Students.
Topics:
Church attendance--California--Lost Angeles., Church work with youth--California--Lost Angeles., Choirs (Music)--California--Lost Angeles., Sacred vocal music--California--Lost Angeles., Church music--California--Lost Angeles., Church membership--California--Lost Angeles.
Geographic subjects:
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358853
Title:
Young Peoples Church.
Description:
Text transcribed from annotations: #812 YOUNG PEOPLES CHURCH. Hollywood, Calif.
Creator:
Losque. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Young People's Church of Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.), Bonnell, Lee., Storm, Gale, 1922-2009.
Topics:
Church attendance--California--Lost Angeles., Church work with youth--California--Lost Angeles., Actors' spouses--California--Lost Angeles., Motion picture actors and actresses--United States., Church ushers., Church membership--California--Lost Angeles.
Geographic subjects:
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358852
Title:
Methodist Church fellowship.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #730A METHODIST CHURCH FELLOWSHIP Stockton, Calif. Sept. 22 -- “To find our place in this new day” is the theme chosen for the coming year by the California Council of the Methodist Youth Fellowship. The annual dinner held in the Civic Auditorium in this city was attended by almost 1,200 boys and girls from all over Central California on September 21, 1945.
Creator:
Marcen, Hazel E. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Methodist Youth Fellowship (U.S.)--Congresses., Stockton Memorial Civic Auditorium (Stockton, Calif.)
Topics:
Youth in church work--California--Stockton., Congresses and conventions.--California--Stockton., Methodist conferences--California--Stockton., Youth--Societies and clubs.
Geographic subjects:
Stockton (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358819
Title:
Young Peoples Church.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Young People's Church of Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.), Franz, Clarence W., Episcopal Church--Clergy., Storm, Gale, 1922-2009., Bonnell, Lee., Chapman College--Students.
Topics:
Church membership--California--Lost Angeles., Church work with youth--California--Lost Angeles., Motion picture actors and actresses--United States., Actors' spouses--California--Lost Angeles., Choirs (Music)--California--Lost Angeles., Church attendance--California--Lost Angeles.
Geographic subjects:
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358786
Title:
Youngsters view Bible film.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: YOUNGSTERS VIEW BIBLE FILM #P-2015 LOS ANGELES -- Youngsters from a Protestant mission church here view a movie which dramatizes a Bible story. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (DV-HOL-CAL-8D-9-JOG-P)
Creator:
Valentry, Duane. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Cathedral Films., St. Michael's and All Angels Episcopalian Mission Church (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Topics:
Religious education of children--California--Los Angeles., Religious education--California--Los Angeles., Bible films--California--Los Angeles.
Geographic subjects:
Los Angeles (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358730
Title:
Youngsters view Bible film.
Creator:
Valentry, Duane. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Cathedral Films., Friedrich, James K., St. Michael's and All Angels Episcopalian Mission Church (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Topics:
Religious education of children--California--Los Angeles., Religious education--California--Los Angeles., Bible films--California--Los Angeles., Sunday schools--California--Los Angeles.
Geographic subjects:
Los Angeles (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358564
Title:
In memoriam: red vestments for martyrs.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-29923 IN MEMORIAM: RED VESTMENTS FOR MARTYRS SAN FRANCISCO -- Typical of hundreds of churches across the United States was this scene in San Francisco. On Sunday, Sept. 22, the nation’s churchgoers joined in memorial services for four Negro girls who died when a bomb blasted a Negro Baptist church in Birmingham. Here, at St. Dominic’s Roman Catholic church, the more than 2,500 attending services overflowed the building. They fell to their knees on the sidewalk during a Mass offered for the dead children. The priest wore vestments in the “red of martyrdom” instead of the black of mourning. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-NY-9D-63-W)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., St. Dominic’s Church (San Francisco, Calif.), Catholic Church--Liturgy.
Topics:
16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham, Ala., 1963., Memorial service., Mass.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358130
Title:
Graham crusade nears 300,000 attendance.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-29773 GRAHAM CRUSADE NEARS 300,000 ATTENDANCE LOS ANGELES -- Billy Graham emphasizes a point as he preaches at the seventh rally during a three-week Southern California Crusade in Los Angeles’ Memorial Coliseum. He is shown speaking to some 47,655 persons, the largest single audience of the crusade so far. Later, crusade officials said that the first eight rallies drew a total attendance of 298,062 persons, with 13,000 making “decisions for Christ” at the famed evangelist’s invitation. Special “Youth Nights,” held specifically for young people under 25, have drawn huge crowds, officials reported. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (CNB-MINN-8E-63-NAB)
Creator:
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Graham, Billy, 1918-2018., Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Topics:
Evangelists--California--Los Angeles., Evangelistic work--California--Los Angeles., Revivals--California--Los Angeles.
Geographic subjects:
Los Angeles (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358092
Title:
Billy Graham at Los Angeles crusade.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-29745 BILLY GRAHAM AT LOS ANGELES CRUSADE LOS ANGELES, Cal. -- Evangelist Billy Graham (on platform center) addresses some 38,700 persons in Los Angeles’ Memorial Coliseum as he opens a three-week Southern California Crusade. On the first night the famed evangelist drew 1,514 “decisions for Christ.” Attendance on the second rally was reported at 31,254, with 1,154 decisions. In his first sermons, Dr. Graham deplored the “trend to take God and moral law out of our schools,” and warned that today’s society was entering the “age of the shrug” concerning vital issues, with most people seeking only “escapism.” The Baptist minister’s crusade was being held not far from the spot where he first gained repute as an evangelist at a Los Angeles tent crusade 14 years ago. Since then he has preached to some 30 million people on five continents. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RNS-8D-63-NAB)
Creator:
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Graham, Billy, 1918-2018., Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Topics:
Evangelists--California--Los Angeles., Evangelistic work--California--Los Angeles., Revivals--California--Los Angeles., Evangelistic sermons--California--Los Angeles., Prayer in the public schools--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Los Angeles (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358088

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