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:
Tractor no puzzle to her.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #4483 TRACTOR NO PUZZLE TO HER Dressed in flowing black and white robes, Sister Mary Othelia operates a tractor at Mount Assisi Convent of the Sisters of Christ the King at Lemont, Ill., where most of the farmwork is done by nuns. During the war, nuns in other communities where there was a shortage of farm labor overcame the difficulty by learning to do their own planting and reaping. (One of a series) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO
Creator:
Associated Press. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Mt. Assisi Convent (Lemont, Ill.), Franciscans.
Topics:
Tractor driving--Illinois--Lemont., Nuns--Illinois--Lemont., Monasticism and religious orders for women--Illinois--Lemont., Women farmers--Illinois--Lemont., Farmers--Illinois--Lemont.
Geographic subjects:
Lemont (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360285
Title:
Production line.
Creator:
Associated Press. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Assembly-line methods., Motor vehicle industry--United States., Automobile industry and trade--United States., World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects--United States.
Geographic subjects:
United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359553
Title:
Argentine peons.
Description:
Text transcribed from notations on envelope: 3696 Argentina. Peons eating lunch. Old man drinking mate, a South American tea. Boy eating roast lamb. The bottles contain oil for salads. P.A.
Creator:
Associated Press. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Agricultural laborers--Argentina., Mate (Tea)--Argentina., Dinners and dining--Argentina.
Geographic subjects:
Argentina.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359548
Title:
Native hacienda.
Creator:
Associated Press. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Buildings--Chile., Haciendas--Chile.
Geographic subjects:
Chile., Chile--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359545
Title:
Chilean farmers.
Description:
Text transcribed from notations on envelope: 3694 Chile Farmers in the lake regions of Southern Chile use small boats to bring their produce to market. P.A.
Creator:
Associated Press. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Farmers--Chile., Boats and boating--Chile., Crops--Transportation.
Geographic subjects:
Chile.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359544
Title:
Armistice Day.
Creator:
Associated Press. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Soldiers--United States., V-E Day, 1945--United States., World War, 1939-1945--Armistices.
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359519
Title:
General Dwight Eisenhower.
Creator:
Associated Press. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969., United States. Army.
Topics:
Presidents--United States., Generals--United States., World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--United States.
Geographic subjects:
United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359483
Title:
William Benton, Assistant Secretary of State.
Creator:
Associated Press. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Benton, William, 1900-1973., United States. Department of State.
Topics:
Statesmen--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359470
Title:
American Mother of 1946.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: AMERICAN MOTHER OF 1946 #3475 SPRINGFIELD, Ky. -- Mrs. Emma Clarissa Clement, granddaughter of a Negro slave and the widow of an African Methodist Episcopal Zion Bishop, has been chosen by the Golden Rule Foundation as the American Mother of 1946. She was attending a church conference here when notified of her selection. Shown with Mrs. Clement are Jo Ann Allen, left, and Mary Emerson, right. Mrs. Clement, 71-year-old mother of seven children, is a native of Providence, R.I., but now makes her home at Louisville, Ky. All her children went through college. One son, Dr. Rufus E. Clement, is president of Atlanta University, Atlanta, Ga., and another, Frederick A. Clement, is professor of physics at West Virginia State College, Institute, W. Va. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (PA-NY-MES-5A-6-W)
Creator:
Associated Press. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Clement, Emma Clarissa., Allen, Jo Ann., Emerson, Mary., Golden Rule Foundation. American Mothers Committee--Awards.
Topics:
Motherhood--United States., Award winners--Kentucky--Springfield., Women in church work--Kentucky--Springfield., African American women--Kentucky--Springfield.
Geographic subjects:
Springfield (Ky.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359438
Title:
Dresden cathedral background to ruin.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: DRESDEN CATHEDRAL BACKGROUND TO RUIN #c-3046 DRESDEN, Germany -- Dresden’s famous Hof Kirche, the Court Church of the Saxon kings (left background), was badly damaged during the war, but rebuilding work is going on now. The Hof Kirche was built from 1739-56. Its parapets were adorned by the statues of 59 saints, some of which are still standing (left and center). The tower rising in the background is 272 feet high. A covered passage (center) leads from the church to the Royal Palace. Dresden is in the Russian zone of occupation. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (PA-NY-MES-3D-6-C)
Creator:
Associated Press. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Buildings., Kathedrale (Dresden, Germany)
Topics:
Buildings--War damage--Germany--Desden., Church buildings--Germany--Dresden.
Geographic subjects:
Dresden (Germany), Dresden (Germany)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359097
Title:
Congress in session.
Creator:
Associated Press. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., United States. Congress (79th, 2nd session : 1946). House., United States. Congress. House--Congresses., United States. Congress. House., United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
Topics:
Legislators--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358988
Title:
Congress in session.
Creator:
Associated Press. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., United States. Congress (79th, 2nd session : 1946). House., United States. Congress. House--Congresses., United States. Congress. House., United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
Topics:
Legislators--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358987
Title:
Christ in concrete.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: CHRIST IN CONCRETE #C-2043 RIO DE JANEIRO -- Towering 2,300 feet above sea-level atop Corcovado Mountain is the majestic statue of Christ the Redeemer, which forms a cross 130 feet high, including the 30-foot pedestal. M. Paul Landowski, the sculptor, a member of the French Institute, required five years to complete this likeness of Christ in reinforced concrete. Distance between outstretched fingertips of world-embracing arms is 92 feet. Each pierced hand measured over 10 feet in length and weighs ten tons. The serene, well-poised head alone is 13½ feet high and scales 30 tons. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (PA-NY-JOG-3C-6-C)
Creator:
Associated Press. (publisher), Landowski, Paul Maximilien, 1875-1961. (sculptor)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Jesus Christ--Statues.
Topics:
Monumento ao Christo Redemptor (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Statues--Brazil--Rio de Janeiro.
Geographic subjects:
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358722
Title:
Ruins still stand at Monte Cassino.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: RUINS STILL STAND AT MONTE CASSINO #C-1966 CASSINO, Italy -- Bombed to rubble by U.S. Army planes, the ruins of Monte Cassino Abbey stand as mute evidence of the destruction of war. Top photo shows the tomb of St. Benedict, founder of the Abbey, and of his twin sister, St. Scholastica, now housed in a temporary structure (center) surrounded by the piles of masonry. Except for a few cracks, the tomb is undamaged. In lower photo, Army trucks and civilian car roll down the steep hill leading from temporary quarters erected for the 80 Benedictine monks of the abbey. Bomb craters still dot the terrain. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (PA-NY-MES-3A-6-C)
Creator:
Associated Press. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Montecassino (Monastery), Benedict, Saint, Abbot of Monte Cassino--Tomb., Scholastica, Saint, active 6th century--Tomb.
Topics:
Cassino, Battle of, Cassino, Italy, 1944., World War, 1939-1945--Italy--Cassino., Buildings--War damage--Italy--Cassino., Monasteries--Italy--Cassino., Tombs--Italy--Cassino.
Geographic subjects:
Cassino (Italy), Cassino (Italy)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358713
Title:
House of Parliament.
Creator:
Associated Press. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Westminster Palace (London, England)
Topics:
Palaces--England., Architecture, Gothic--Perpendicular style--England--London.
Geographic subjects:
London (England), Thames River (England), London (England)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358710
Title:
Church meeting convenes.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: (C02) COLUMBUS, O., MARCH 5--CHURCH MEETING CONVENES. Five hundred religious leaders from 25 major denominations with a church membership of 25,000,000 came to Columbus today for a special three-day meeting of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America. The Rt. Rev. Henry W. Hobson of Cincinnati, southern Ohio bishop of the Protestant Episcopal church, is shown at the stand at the right presiding at a worship service.
Creator:
Associated Press. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America--Congresses., Hobson, Henry Wise, 1891-1983., Episcopal Church--Bishops.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Ohio--Columbus., Bishops--Ohio--Columbus., Prayer--Ohio--Columbus.
Geographic subjects:
Columbus (Ohio)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358696
Title:
Seeks church support.
Description:
1988 Text transcribed from caption: SEEKS CHURCH SUPPORT President Harry S. Truman (left) standing on speaking platform with Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam (right) of New York, head of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America, before addressing a meeting of the group in Columbus, Ohio, March 6. The president appealed directly for support by churchgoers of his legislative program with has bogged down in Congress.
Creator:
Associated Press. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America--Congresses., Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972., Oxnam, G. Bromley (Garfield Bromley), 1891-1963., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Bishops.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Ohio--Columbus., Bishops--Ohio--Columbus., Presidents--United States., Christianity and politics--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Columbus (Ohio)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358695
Title:
Crosses, Guam cemetery.
Creator:
Associated Press. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Cemeteries--Guam., War cemeteries--Guam., World War, 1939-1945.
Geographic subjects:
Guam.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358693
Title:
Truman confers with Baptist missionaries.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: TRUMAN CONFERS WITH BAPTIST MISSIONARIES #1896 WASHINGTON -- President Truman, a Baptist himself, is shown at the White House with some of the 31 Baptist missionaries who called on him during the observance of World Mission Week. Front row (left to right) are: Rev. H. C. Lacerda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazilian pastor; Mrs. Aaron Hancock, American Indian, McAlister, Okla.; Louise N. Griffin, South China; Inabelle Coleman, China missionary from Durham, N.C.; Mrs. H. P. McCormick, Nigeria, Brookhaven, Miss.; Democratic Congressman A. Leonard Allen, Winnfield, Louisiana; President Truman; Rev. Luther J. Holcomb, Washington, D.C.; Mrs. Luther J. Holcomb; Martha Franks, China, Richmond, Va.; Dr. E. H. Clayton, China, New York City, and Mrs. Dewey Moore, Italy, Silver Springs, Mo. Back row (left to right) are: Rev. Aaron Hancock, American Indian, McAlister, Okla.; Rev. Howard Haworth, Washington, D.C.; H. Lee Addleman, Palestine, Louisville, Ky.; R. Dean Woodwin, New York City; Dr. Marian Criswell, West China, Wichita, Kansas; Dr. A. S. Gillespie, China, Wake Forest, N.C.; Dr. J. W. Marshall, Richmond, Va.; Dr. S. F. Dowis, Atlanta, Ga.; Dr. Alfred Carpenter, Atlanta, Ga.; Dr. M. Chandler Stith, Washington, D.C.; Geraldine Brown, Washington, D.C.; Earl Riley, president of Bacone Junior College, Bacone, Okla.; Rev. James Belote, Hawaii, Washington, D.C.; Rev. A. F. Merrill, Assam, Plainfield, N.J.; Rev. A. Lincoln Smith, Washington, D.C.; Rev. Lewis Martin, Atlanta, Ga., and Dr. Dewey Moore, Italy, Silver Springs, Mo. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (PA-WASH-MES-3A-46-B)
Creator:
Associated Press. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972., Oval Office (White House, Washington, D.C.)
Topics:
Presidents--United States., Missionaries--Washington (D.C.), Church and state--United States., Colonies--Religious aspects., Clergy--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358672
Title:
Statue honors Ireland's patron saint.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: STATUE HONORS IRELAND’S PATRON SAINT 1828 SAUL, Eire -- Erected on Mt. Patrick, overlooking the spot at the mouth of the River Slaney at which he landed on his mission in 432 AD, is this 37-foot high granite statue of St. Patrick. Below the statue is a memorial altar. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO PWW-NY-MES-2D-6-C
Creator:
Associated Press. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Patrick, Saint, 373?-463?--Statues.
Topics:
Statues--Ireland--Croagh Patrick., Saints--Cults--Ireland., Christian patron saints--Ireland.
Geographic subjects:
Croagh Patrick (Ireland)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358651

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