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Title: Children's church.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: CHILDREN’S CHURCH 1367 MILTON, Mass. -- This small church here is given over entirely to worship services by youngsters. Not only do they sing in the choir--here seen leaving the snow-blanketed building--but also conduct the services themselves. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (PR-NY-MES-1-6-C-O-Y)
Creator Name(s): Associated Press. (publisher)
Date Created: 1945, December 24, 1945, December 24, 1945
Name Subject(s): First Congregational Church (Milton, Mass.), First Congregational Church (Milton, Mass.)--Buildings., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Church buildings--Massachusetts--Milton., Children in public worship--Unitarian churches., Christmas--Massachusetts--Milton., Christmas service., Church buildings--Massachusetts--Milton., Choirs (Music)--Massachusetts--Milton.
Geographic subjects: Massachusetts, Milton., Massachusetts, Milton., Massachusetts, Milton., Massachusetts, Milton., Milton (Mass.), North and Central America--United States--Massachusetts--Norfolk--Milton
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1367; 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_1367
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356975

Title: Berlin's Dom open to the skies.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: BERLIN’S DOM OPEN TO THE SKIES #1263 BERLIN -- Sunlight streams through the shattered cupola of the Dom, Berlin’s Protestant cathedral. The outside of the cupola still bears the bullet marks dating from the 1918 revolution when the Sparticians thought troops were occupying the Dom and fired on it. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (EET-BER-MES-12-12-5)
Creator Name(s): Jacobson-Sonnenfeld (Berlin, Germany) (publisher), Tucker, E.E. (contributor)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Berliner Dom., Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland--Buildings., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): World War, 1939-1945., Church buildings--Germany--Berlin., Buildings--War damage--Germany--Berlin., Domes--Germany--Berlin.
Geographic subjects: Germany, Berlin., Germany, Berlin., Germany, Berlin., Berlin (Germany), Europe--Germany--Berlin--Berlin
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1263; 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_1263
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356933

Title: Germany's Methodist Bishop.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: GERMANY’S METHODIST BISHOP #1264 BERLIN -- Dr. F. H. Otto Melle is the Methodist Bishop of Germany, and a leading temperance crusader on the Continent. A resident of Berlin, Dr. Melle formerly was director of the Methodist Theological Seminary at Frankfurt am Main, largest free-church institute of its kind in Europe. One of the first Germans to visit the U.S. after World War 1, Bishop Melle often has been a delegate to the General Conference of the Methodist Church. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (EET-BER-MES-12-12-5)
Creator Name(s): Jacobson-Sonnenfeld (Berlin, Germany) (publisher), Tucker, E.E. (contributor)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Evangelisch-Methodistische Kirche (Germany)--Bishops., Melle, F. H. Otto, -1947, Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Bishops--Germany--Berlin., Theologians--Germany--Berlin., Temperance--Germany.
Geographic subjects: Germany, Berlin., Germany, Berlin., Germany., Berlin (Germany), Europe--Germany--Berlin--Berlin
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1264; 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_1264
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356934

Title: Prominent in German Christian political movement.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PROMINENT IN GERMAN CHRISTIAN POLITICAL MOVEMENT #1266 BERLIN -- Mrs. Hildegard Staehle, of Berlin, is an important figure in the Christian Democratic Union of Germany, which is built around remnants of the old Roman Catholic Center party, but is open to members of all faiths. Mrs. Staehle is also a councellor in the Social Service Office of the Berlin City Government. Her husband, Col. Wilhelm Staehle, was murdered by the Gestapo April 29, 1945, for anti-Nazi activity and she was thrown into a concentration camp. Women are playing an increasingly important role in the Christian political movements of Europe. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (EET-BER-MES-12-12-5)
Creator Name(s): Jacobson-Sonnenfeld (Berlin, Germany) (publisher), Tucker, E.E. (contributor)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Staehle, Hildegard., Christlich-Demokratische Union Deutschlands., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): World War, 1939-1945., Nazi concentration camp inmates --Germany--Berlin., Women--Political activity--Germany., Ecumenical movement--Germany., Christianity and politics--Germany.
Geographic subjects: Germany, Berlin., Germany., Germany., Germany., Berlin (Germany), Europe--Germany--Berlin--Berlin
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1266; 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_1266
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356936

Title: Press chief of German religious political group.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PRESS CHIEF OF GERMAN RELIGIOUS POLITICAL GROUP #1267 BERLIN -- Wrapped in a heavy overcoat to stave off the cold, Georg Dertinger, press chief of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany, formed from remnants of the old Roman Catholic Center Party, works at his desk in his unheated Berlin office. Dertinger also acts as secretary to the president of the Union, Dr. Andreas Hermes. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (EET-BER-MES-12-12-5)
Creator Name(s): Jacobson-Sonnenfeld (Berlin, Germany) (publisher), Tucker, E.E. (contributor)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Dertinger, Georg., Christlich-Demokratische Union Deutschlands., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Press secretaries--Germany--Berlin., Ecumenical movement--Germany., Christianity and politics--Germany.
Geographic subjects: Germany, Berlin., Germany., Germany., Berlin (Germany), Europe--Germany--Berlin--Berlin
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1267; 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_1267
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356937

Title: Berlin's Dom.
Description: Text transcribed from captions on reverse: The heavily damaged Dom, Berlin’s Protestant Cathedral, where the Kaisers attended divine worship before World War I. This church was vandalized for 8 days following the occupation of Berlin. Most of the tombs of former German emperors and princes desecrated. At the right can be seen the towering St. Mary’s Church, one of the oldest sanctuaries in Brandenburg Provinces, and one of the mostly lightly [sic] damaged of the Berlin churches. Provost Heinrich Grueber, who is Protestant Counsellor in the Berlin City Government, is pastor of St. Mary’s. Domprediger Dr. ____Doehring standing amid the ruins of the Dom, Berlin’s Protestant Cathedral. Dr. Doehring, who is still active in German church affairs, was the Kaisers’ pastor before World War I. During the Nazi regime he resisted efforts of the Hitlerites to “Nazify” the Christian Church. Services of the Dom parish are now held in a hall, as are most of church services in Berlin.
Creator Name(s): Jacobson-Sonnenfeld (Berlin, Germany) (publisher), Tucker, E.E. (contributor)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Berliner Dom., Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland--Buildings., Grüber, Heinrich, 1891-1975., Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland--Clergy., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Clergy--Germany--Berlin., World War, 1939-1945., Church buildings--Germany--Berlin., Buildings--War damage--Germany--Berlin., Theologians--Germany--Berlin.
Geographic subjects: Germany, Berlin., Germany, Berlin., Germany, Berlin., Germany, Berlin., Berlin (Germany), Berlin (Germany), Europe--Germany--Berlin--Berlin
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1268; 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_1268
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356938

Title: America's oldest wooden school house.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: AMERICA’S OLDEST WOODEN SCHOOL HOUSE #1269 ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -- This vine-covered cedar cottage is in reality America’s oldest wooden school. Built in 1565, it consists of one large room on the ground floor while overhead there are quarters for the schoolmaster. Here children of nearby Orange St. School enter the building under the surveillance of their regular teacher, Miss Rosemary Pike. Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes has termed this building one of the country’s most valuable historical edifices. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (ALT-COLO-MES-12-5 ROTO-O-J)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Orange Street Elementary School (Saint Augustine, Fla.)--Students., Orange Street Elementary School (Saint Augustine, Fla.)--Faculty., Pike, Rosemary., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): School buildings--Florida--Saint Augustine., School children--Florida--Saint Augustine., Schoolboys--Florida--Saint Augustine., Schoolgirls--Florida--Saint Augustine., Elementary school teachers--Florida--Saint Augustine.
Geographic subjects: Florida, Saint Augustine., Florida, Saint Augustine., Florida, Saint Augustine., Florida, Saint Augustine., Florida, Saint Augustine., Saint Augustine (Fla.), Saint Augustine (Fla.), North and Central America--United States--Florida--Saint Johns--Saint Augustine
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1269; 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_1269
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356939

Title: Recess at America's oldest wooden school house.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: RECESS AT AMERICA’S OLDEST WOODEN SCHOOL HOUSE #1270 ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -- Recess is a welcome interval at any school, but at this wooden school house, built in 1565, it is particularly charming as it is held in the garden behind the building. The small outbuilding with the ivy-covered chimney is a kitchen where the former masters cooked their own meals. The school is no longer used for instruction. Children attend nearby Orange Street School. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (ALT-COLO-MES-12-5 ROTO-O-J)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Orange Street Elementary School (Saint Augustine, Fla.)--Students., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): School buildings--Florida--Saint Augustine., School recess breaks--Florida--Saint Augustine., School children--Florida--Saint Augustine., Schoolboys--Florida--Saint Augustine., Schoolgirls--Florida--Saint Augustine.
Geographic subjects: Florida, Saint Augustine., Florida, Saint Augustine., Florida, Saint Augustine., Florida, Saint Augustine., Florida, Saint Augustine., Saint Augustine (Fla.), Saint Augustine (Fla.), North and Central America--United States--Florida--Saint Johns--Saint Augustine
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1270; 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_1270
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356940

Title: Extra instruction.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: EXTRA INSTRUCTION #1271 ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -- Simulating a backward student of bygone days, Bobbie Walker gets special instruction from Miss Rosemary Pike in the oldest wooden school house in America. Built in 1565, the one-room school still has relics of former years (Notice the quilled pen and hand bells on the desk). Bobbie attends nearby Orange Street School and Miss Pike is his regular teacher there. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (ALT-COLO-MES-12-5 ROTO-O-J)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Orange Street Elementary School (Saint Augustine, Fla.)--Students., Orange Street Elementary School (Saint Augustine, Fla.)--Faculty., Pike, Rosemary., Walker, Bobbie., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): School buildings--Florida--Saint Augustine., School children--Florida--Saint Augustine., Schoolboys--Florida--Saint Augustine., Elementary school teachers--Florida--Saint Augustine., Remedial teaching--Florida--Saint Augustine.
Geographic subjects: Florida, Saint Augustine., Florida, Saint Augustine., Florida, Saint Augustine., Florida, Saint Augustine., Florida, Saint Augustine., Saint Augustine (Fla.), North and Central America--United States--Florida--Saint Johns--Saint Augustine
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1271; 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_1271
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356941

Title: Inside America's oldest wooden school house.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: INSIDE AMERICA’S OLDEST WOODEN SCHOOL HOUSE #1272 ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -- Using dog-eared books a hundred years old, these children from a nearby school simulate conditions of past years in the oldest wooden school house in America, built here in 1565. Miss Rosemary Pike, their regular third-grade teacher, is the instructor, but in days past the children would have been instructed by a man. The hat of a former teacher still hangs on a peg behind Miss Pike. And that is an original dunce cap Bobbie Walker is sporting. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (ALT-COLO-MES-12-5 ROTO-O-J)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Orange Street Elementary School (Saint Augustine, Fla.)--Students., Orange Street Elementary School (Saint Augustine, Fla.)--Faculty., Pike, Rosemary., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): School buildings--Florida--Saint Augustine., School children--Florida--Saint Augustine., Schoolboys--Florida--Saint Augustine., Schoolgirls--Florida--Saint Augustine., Elementary school teachers--Florida--Saint Augustine., Teaching--History--18th century., Teaching--Florida--Saint Augustine.
Geographic subjects: Florida, Saint Augustine., Florida, Saint Augustine., Florida, Saint Augustine., Florida, Saint Augustine., Florida, Saint Augustine., 18th century., Florida, Saint Augustine., Saint Augustine (Fla.), North and Central America--United States--Florida--Saint Johns--Saint Augustine
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1272; 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_1272
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356942

Title: Berlin's Kaiser William church in ruins.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: BERLIN’S KAISER WILLIAM CHURCH IN RUINS #1290 BERLIN -- Twisted girders are mute evidence of the destruction wrought on the historic Kaiser William Memorial Church here. Pastor of the church is Dr. Gerhard Jacobi, who was called to appear before the Gestapo more than 100 times. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (EET-BER-MES-12-14-5)
Creator Name(s): Jacobson-Sonnenfeld (Berlin, Germany) (publisher), Tucker, E.E. (contributor)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Kaiser Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche (Berlin, Germany), Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland--Buildings., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Church buildings--Germany--Berlin., Buildings--War damage--Germany--Berlin., World War, 1939-1945.
Geographic subjects: Germany, Berlin., Germany, Berlin., Berlin (Germany), Europe--Germany--Berlin--Berlin
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1290; 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_1290
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356951

Title: American church in Berlin a war casualty.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: 1296 AMERICAN CHURCH IN BERLIN A WAR CASUALTY BERLIN -- Twisted girders and shattered walls surround the tower of the wrecked American Church here. The tower was the gift of John D. Rockefeller. Parish house of the church also was destroyed. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (EET-BER-MES-12-5-L-O-DEN)
Creator Name(s): Jacobson-Sonnenfeld (Berlin, Germany) (publisher), Tucker, E.E. (contributor)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): American Church in Berlin., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): World War, 1939-1945., Church buildings--Germany--Berlin., Buildings--War damage--Germany--Berlin.
Geographic subjects: Germany, Berlin., Germany, Berlin., Berlin (Germany), Berlin (Germany), Europe--Germany--Berlin--Berlin
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1296; 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_1296
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356953

Title: Dawn of a new day.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: DAWN OF A NEW DAY 1301 Beautiful enough for a church art-glass window is this western scene, the deer looking toward the sunrise, with the rays brightening up the peak amid the pines. Perfect symmetry and balance are found in this view. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (GP-OG-GP-12-17-J)
Creator Name(s): Perrins, Glen. (photographer)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Mountains--Utah., Deer--Utah.
Geographic subjects: Utah., Utah., Utah., North and Central America--United States--Utah
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1301; 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_1301
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356955

Title: Tyn cathedral portals lose war-time garb.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: TYN CATHEDRAL PORTALS LOSE WAR-TIME GARB 1303 PRAGUE -- Workmen are removing the solid brick blast walls that protected the portals of Tyn Cathedral here during the war. These portals, among the most beautiful in the world, give entrance into an edifice that was built in the 15th century. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (CTK-PR-MES-12-5-C)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Kostel Panny Marie před Týnem (Prague, Czech Republic), Catholic Church--Buildings., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Church buildings--Czechoslovakia., Church buildings--Czech Republic--Prague., Church buildings--Protection., World War, 1939-1945., Architecture and war--Czech Republic--Prague., Architecture and war--Czechoslovakia.
Geographic subjects: Czechoslovakia., Czech Republic, Prague., Czech Republic, Prague., Czechoslovakia., Prague (Czech Republic), Czechoslovakia., Europe--Czech Republic--Praha, Hlavní Město--Prague
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1303; 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_1303
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356956

Title: Youth sings the praises of the Lord.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: YOUTH SINGS THE PRAISES OF THE LORD #1312 Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (SR-NY-MES-12-5-SS-Y-O)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Cathedral of St. John the Divine (New York, N.Y.), Cathedral of St. John the Divine (New York, N.Y.) Choir., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Choirs (Music)--New York (State)--New York., Boys' choirs--New York (State)--New York., Choral singing--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects: New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., Morningside Heights (New York, N.Y.), Manhattan (New York, N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1312; 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_1312
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356957

Title: Raise up your voices unto the Lord.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: #1314 RAISE UP YOUR VOICES UNTO THE LORD Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (SR-NY-MES-12-5-SS-Y-O)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Cathedral of St. John the Divine (New York, N.Y.), Cathedral of St. John the Divine (New York, N.Y.) Choir., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Choirs (Music)--New York (State)--New York., Boys' choirs--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects: New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., Morningside Heights (New York, N.Y.), Manhattan (New York, N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1314; 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_1314
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356958

Title: Sunday morning Bible study hour and smoker.
Description: Text transcribed from caption on reverse: Navy chaplain Charles Adams at his Sunday morning bible study hour and smoker. There are corn cob pipes, cigars, tobacco, cigarettes, coffee, doughnuts, fig newtons, grapefruit juice and cookies on the ping pong table at this Navy base in Greenland. (SS-B-D-O-E-A-)
Creator Name(s): Martin Sherdan Feature Fotos (Watertown, Mass.) (photographer)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Adams, Charles., United States. Navy--Chaplains., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Chaplains, Military--Greenland--Thule Air Base., Sailors--Greenland--Thule Air Base., Sailors--Religious life--Greenland--Thule Air Base., Smoking--Greenland--Thule Air Base., Smoking paraphernalia--Greenland--Thule Air Base.
Geographic subjects: Greenland, Thule Air Base., Greenland, Thule Air Base., Greenland, Thule Air Base., Greenland, Thule Air Base., Greenland, Thule Air Base., Thule Air Base (Greenland), North and Central America--Greenland--Thule Air Base
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1324; 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_1324
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356962

Title: At race relations meeting.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: 1326 AT RACE RELATIONS MEETING NEW YORK -- General view of the meeting hall at St. George’s Episcopal Church here during the annual meeting of Department of Race Relations of the Federal Council of Churches. 12/5/45
Date Created: 1945, December 5, 1945, December 5, 1945
Name Subject(s): Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. Department of Race Relations--Congresses., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. Department of Race Relations., St. George's Episcopal Church (New York, N.Y.), Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--New York (State)--New York., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects: New York (State), New York., New York (N.Y.), Manhattan (New York, N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1326; 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_1326
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356963

Title: Santa Claus wins against Aztec God.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: SANTA CLAUS WINS AGAINST AZTEC GOD #S-1224 MEXICO CITY -- That the Mexican government has lost its fight to institute the Aztec God, Quetzalcoatl, as the symbol of Santa Claus in the Republic is shown in this picture taking at exercises terminating the school holiday in Tlalpan, suburb of Mexico City. For several years a movement has been under way to supplant Saint Nicholas, the jolly bewhiskered Santy Claus beloved by children of every land, with a flamboyant, befeathered Indian. Quetzalcoatl may have served very well to brighten little Aztec hearts centuries ago, but Santy Claus is the guy, according to these eleven little Mexican students. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (JSH-MC-JSH-12-6-5)
Creator Name(s): Starr-Hunt, Jack. (photographer)
Date Created: 1945, December 1945, December 1945
Name Subject(s): Santa Claus, (Fictitious character)--Clothing., Quetzalcoatl , (Mesoamerican deity), Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Christmas--Mexico--Mexico City., School children--Mexico--Mexico City., Schoolboys--Mexico--Mexico City.
Geographic subjects: Mexico, Mexico City., Mexico, Mexico City., Mexico, Mexico City., Tlalpan (Mexico City, Mexico), Mexico, North and Central America--Mexico--Distrito Federal--Mexico City
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. S-1224; 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_S-1224
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357000

Title: For there is no true knowledge without God.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: FOR THERE IS NO TRUE KNOWLEDGE WITHOUT GOD #1280 Students at Denison University, Granville, Ohio, fill Swasey Chapel to hear the words of God’s wisdom. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (DNB-OH-S-12-15-5)
Creator Name(s): Denison University. (publisher)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Denison University., Denison University--Students., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): College students--Religious life--Ohio--Granville., Women college students--Religious life--Ohio--Granville.
Geographic subjects: Ohio, Granville., Ohio, Granville., Granville (Ohio), North and Central America--United States--Ohio--Licking--Granville
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1280; 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_1280
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356949

Title: Church wedding.
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Marriage customs and rites., Marriage service., Marriage celebrants., Wedding attendants.
Geographic subjects
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1286; 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_1286
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356950

Title: McPeek addresses race relations session.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: 1329 MCPEEK ADDRESSES RACE RELATIONS SESSION NEW YORK -- The Rev. Francis W. McPeek, director of the Department of Social Welfare of the Washington (D.C.) Federation of Churches (standing), speaking at the annual meeting of the Department of Race Relations of the Federal Council of Churches. Seated, left to right, are: Miss Helen Fuller, Washington editor of the New Republic magazine; Mrs. Anna Arnold Hedgeman of the National Council for a Permanent FEPC; Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, president of Morehouse College; George L. P. Weaver, director of the CIO’s Committee to Abolish Discrimination, and Mark Starr, educational director of the Ladies Garment Workers Union. 12/5/45
Date Created: 1945, December 5, 1945, December 5, 1945
Name Subject(s): Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. Department of Race Relations--Congresses., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. Department of Race Relations., St. George's Episcopal Church (New York, N.Y.), McPeek, Francis W., Washington Federation of Churches., Hedgeman, Anna Arnold, 1899-1990., National Council for a Permanent Fair Employment Practice Committee., Mays, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Elijah), 1894-1984., Morehouse College (Atlanta, Ga.)--Faculty., Fuller, Helen., Weaver, George L-P (George Leon Paul), 1912-1995., Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.), Starr, Mark, 1894-1985., International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--New York (State)--New York., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights workers--New York (State)--New York., Race discrimination--United States., Discrimination in employment--United States., Labor movement--United States--20th century., Labor leaders--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects: New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., United States., United States., United States, 20th century., New York (State), New York., New York (N.Y.), Manhattan (New York, N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1329; 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_1329
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356965

Title: A Bible cross.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: A BIBLE CROSS #1320 [sic] HAZLETON, Pa. -- These scriptures stacked to form a background for a cross of Bibles, are but a few of the millions that have gone to members of the armed forces. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (JBF-HA-MES-12-5-B-D-O)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Bible., Soldiers--Religious life--United States., Church work with military personnel--United States.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., Hazleton (Pa.), North and Central America--United States--Pennsylvania--Luzerne--Hazleton
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1330; 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_1330
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356966

Title: Niemoeller's parsonage in ruins.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: NIEMOELLER’S PARSONAGE IN RUINS #1286 BERLIN -- His parsonage as well as his church were ruined in Pastor Martin Niemoeller’s Dahlem pastorate. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (EET-BER-MES-12-14-5)
Creator Name(s): Jacobson-Sonnenfeld (Berlin, Germany) (publisher), Tucker, E.E. (contributor)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Niemöller, Martin, 1892-1984., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Buildings--War damage--Germany--Berlin., World War, 1939-1945., Church buildings--Germany--Berlin., Parsonages--Germany--Berlin.
Geographic subjects: Germany, Berlin., Germany, Berlin., Germany, Berlin., Dahlem (Berlin, Germany), Europe--Germany--Berlin--Berlin--Dahlem
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. S-1286; 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_S-1286
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357016

Title: New Bedford Unitarians send off first shipment.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: NEW BEDFORD UNITARIANS SEND OFF FIRST SHIPMENT S 1364 NEW BEDFORD -- Part of the first carload of food and clothing collected by Unitarians here for European relief is shipped to a New York warehouse to await transportation by ship. This is part of a nation-wide program being conducted by the Unitarians. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (GLG-NB-MS-125-WD)
Creator Name(s): Religious News Service. (publisher)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): United National Clothing Collection for War Relief (U.S.), Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Unitarians--Massachusetts--New Bedford., World War, 1939-1945--Civilian relief--Europe., Emergency clothing supply--Europe., Emergency food supply--Europe.
Geographic subjects: Massachusetts, New Bedford., Europe., Europe., Europe., New Bedford (Mass.), North and Central America--United States--Massachusetts--Bristol--New Bedford
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. S-1364; 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_S-1364
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357020

Title: Central U.S. Russian Orthodox figure.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: CENTRAL U.S. RUSSIAN ORTHODOX FIGURE #S-1300 METROPOLITAN THEOPHILUS of San Francisco is the central figure in the Russian Orthodox Church in the United States. The Council of Bishops in Chicago recently delayed action for two years on a proposal to place the American Church under the spiritual and legal jurisdiction of Moscow Patriarch Alexei. Said Metropolitan Theophilus: “The bishops prefer a free, democratic, independent, American Church until they are convinced that the Moscow Church is free of political domination.” Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (GM-SF-TFD-12-5-A-E-O-D-W)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Pashkovsky, Feodor Nikolaevich, Theophilus, Metropolitan of San Francisco., Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church of America--Bishops., Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church of America--Relations-- Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Bishops--California--San Francisco., Church congresses--Illinois--Chicago., Communism and Christianity--Soviet Union., Church and state--Soviet Union., Cold War.
Geographic subjects: California, San Francisco., Illinois, Chicago., Soviet Union., Soviet Union., San Francisco (Calif.), North and Central America--United States--California--San Francisco--San Francisco
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. S-1300; 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_S-1300
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357018

Title: Addresses race relations session.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: ADDRESSES RACE RELATIONS SESSION #S-1317 NEW YORK -- The Rev. Francis W. McPeek, director of the Department of Social Welfare of Washington (D.C.) Federation of Churches, (standing) addresses the annual meeting of the Department of Race Relations of the Federal Council of Churches. Seated, left to right, are: Mrs. Anna Arnold Hedgeman of the National Council for a Permanent FEPC; Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, president of Morehouse College; George L. P. Weaver, director of the CIO’s Committee to Abolish Discrimination, and Mark Starr, educational director of the Ladies Garment Workers Union. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (SR-NY-MES-12-5-D-W-O)
Date Created: 1945, December 5, 1945, December 5, 1945
Name Subject(s): Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. Department of Race Relations--Congresses., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. Department of Race Relations., St. George's Episcopal Church (New York, N.Y.), McPeek, Francis W., Washington Federation of Churches., Hedgeman, Anna Arnold, 1899-1990., National Council for a Permanent Fair Employment Practice Committee., Mays, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Elijah), 1894-1984., Morehouse College (Atlanta, Ga.)--Faculty., Fuller, Helen., Weaver, George L-P (George Leon Paul), 1912-1995., Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.), Starr, Mark, 1894-1985., International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--New York (State)--New York., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights workers--New York (State)--New York., Race discrimination--United States., Discrimination in employment--United States., Labor movement--United States--20th century., Labor leaders--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects: New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., United States., United States., United States, 20th century., New York (State), New York., New York (N.Y.), Manhattan (New York, N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. S-1317; 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_S-1317
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357019

Title: Berlin church to be rebuilt.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: BERLIN CHURCH TO BE REBUILT #S-1289 BERLIN -- The Kaiser William Church, one of Germany’s most fashionable pre-war edifices, although repeatedly hit during the heavier bombings, will be rebuilt. A sum of 300,000 marks is being sought to restore the sanctuary to its former glory. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (EET-BER-MES-12-14-5)
Creator Name(s): Jacobson-Sonnenfeld (Berlin, Germany) (publisher), Tucker, E.E. (contributor)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Kaiser Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche (Berlin, Germany), Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland--Buildings., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Church buildings--Germany--Berlin., Buildings--War damage--Germany--Berlin., Church buildings--Reconstruction--Germany--Berlin., World War, 1939-1945.
Geographic subjects: Germany, Berlin., Germany, Berlin., Germany, Berlin., Berlin (Germany), Berlin (Germany), Europe--Germany--Berlin--Berlin
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. S-1289; 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_S-1289
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357017

Title: Niemoeller parsonage.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: NIEMOELLER PARSONAGE #S-1285 BERLIN -- This view of Pastor Martin Niemoeller’s pre-war parsonage is typical of the destruction wrought by the war on the churches of Germany. Materials for repairs and skilled workers are impossible to obtain due to shortages and the priorities of hospitals and schools. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (EET-BER-MES-12-14-5)
Creator Name(s): Jacobson-Sonnenfeld (Berlin, Germany) (publisher), Tucker, E.E. (contributor)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Niemöller, Martin, 1892-1984., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Buildings--War damage--Germany--Berlin., World War, 1939-1945., Church buildings--Germany--Berlin., Parsonages--Germany--Berlin.
Geographic subjects: Germany, Berlin., Germany, Berlin., Germany, Berlin., Dahlem (Berlin, Germany), Europe--Germany--Berlin--Berlin--Dahlem
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. S-1285; 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_S-1285
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357015

Title: Plan agricultural-missionary drive.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PLAN AGRICULTURAL-MISSIONARY DRIVE #S-1274 NEW YORK -- Preliminary plans for a $250,000 campaign to send additional agricultural experts abroad to improve farming conditions in the mission filed are discussed by executives of the Agricultural Missions, Inc. Participating are (l. to r.): John R. Reisner, executive secretary; Dr. M. L. Wilson, former member of the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture; Dr. John L. Mott, chairman of the Board of Directors; Robert L. Walmsley, Nyack, N.Y., banker and New York State assemblyman, and Dr. Henry C. Taylor, former executive director of the American Farm Foundation. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (SR-NY-MES-12-13-5)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Agricultural Missions, Inc. (New York, N.Y.), Reisner, John H. (John Henry), 1888-1965., Wilson, M. L. (Milburn Lincoln), 1885-1969., Mott, John L., Walmsley, Robert L., Taylor, Henry C. (Henry Charles), 1873-1969., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Agricultural work., Fund raising--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects: New York (State), New York., New York (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. S-1274; 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_S-1274
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357005

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