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- Title
- Dr. Blake in Alaska.
- Description
- Text transcribed from caption: P-20060. DR. BLAKE IN ALASKA. ANCHORAGE, ALASKA -- Dr. Eugene Carson Blake of Philadelphia, President of the National Council of Churches, is fitted with arctic gear at Elmendorf Air Force Base here during his Christmas visit to American servicemen and chaplains of the Alaskan command. Assisting him is Chaplain (Col.) Martin C. Foch of the Alaskan Command. Dr. Blake made the journey as spiritual ambassador of the National Council's 30 Protestant and Eastern Orthodox Communions and their 144,000 local churches. The visit marks the third consecutive year that he has spent the Christmas holidays with the men in the armed forces. CREDIT MUST READ: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-12C-56-NAB-P)
- Creator Name(s)
- Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
- Date Created
- 1956, December 1956, December 1956
- Name Subject(s)
- Religious News Service--Archives., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Foch, Martin C., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Elmendorf Air Force Base (Alaska)
- Topical Subject(s)
- Christmas., Interdenominational cooperation., Military chaplains--Alaska--Anchorage.
- Geographic subjects
- Alaska, Anchorage., Anchorage (Alaska), North and Central America--United States--Alaska--Anchorage--Anchorage
- Physical Location
- RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 63, image no. P-20060; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- Related Item
- Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
- Identifier (local)
- RNS-RG1_P-20060
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:288246