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:
LBJ -- Civil rights advocate.
Description:
Alternate caption from when photo was re-issued to announce death of President Lyndon Johnson.
Creator:
American Baptist Convention. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973., Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981., National Association for the Advancement of Colored People., Young, Whitney M., National Urban League., Farmer, James L., Jr. (James Leonard), 1920-1999., Congress of Racial Equality., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
Topics:
Presidents--United States., African American civil rights workers--United States., Civil rights movements--United States., Economic assistance, Domestic--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353651
Title:
Capetown's Archbishop to retire.
Description:
Caption written when photo was re-issued in 1973.
Creator:
Protestant Church Life. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Taylor, Robert Selby, 1909-1995., Church of England--Bishops., Church of the Province of South Africa. Diocese of Cape Town., Church of the Province of South Africa. Diocese of Pretoria.
Topics:
Bishops--Retirement., Anti-apartheid activists--South Africa--Cape Town., Civil rights workers--South Africa--Cape Town.
Geographic subjects:
Cape Town (South Africa)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353637
Title:
Capetown's Archbishop to retire; Opposed Apartheid system.
Description:
Caption written when photo was re-issued in 1973.
Creator:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Taylor, Robert Selby, 1909-1995., Church of England--Bishops., Church of the Province of South Africa. Diocese of Cape Town., Church of the Province of South Africa. Diocese of Pretoria.
Topics:
Bishops--Retirement., Anti-apartheid activists--South Africa--Cape Town., Civil rights workers--South Africa--Cape Town.
Geographic subjects:
Cape Town (South Africa)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353469
Title:
Santa arrives by rail.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-44950 SANTA ARRIVES BY RAIL SOUTH CARVER, Mass. -- The renowned Father Christmas, whose legendary geneology dates back to St. Nicholas, uses a unique mode of travel to connect the North Pole and the South Carver, Mass., Edaville Railroad recreation center.The ubiquitous Santa arrives at the Edaville depot "under his own steam" while pumping the handles of an oldtime handcar. With ruddy cheeks and his snow-white beard blowing in the wind, the red-garbed figure pulls into the station just ahead of the Edaville Railroad's Christmas Festival special. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (CB-BOS-11E-73-DS)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Edaville Railroad.
Topics:
Christmas--Massachusetts--South Carver., Railroad trains--Massachusetts--South Carver.
Geographic subjects:
South Carver (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:300792
Title:
Airborne Santa.
Description:
"Text transcribed from caption: PC-44928 AIRBORNE SANTA (First of Two Photos) RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas -- No sleigh for Santa in desolate Starr County, Texas. He flies a light plane, dropping Christmas gifts to the isolated families below. Santa is the Rev. James Gebhart, a Southern Baptist missionary to the ranchland families around Rio Grande City in south Texas. For the past three years he has been flying over the area just before Christmas Day, delivering his gifts.(SEE ALSO RNS PHOTO PC-44929) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO By Don Rutledge (DR-GA-11D-73-DS)"
Creator:
Rutledge, Don. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Gebhart, James, Rev.
Topics:
Christmas--Texas--Rio Grande City., Gifts--Texas--Rio Grande City., Planes--Texas--Rio Grande City.
Geographic subjects:
Rio Grande City (Tex.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:294509
Title:
Airborne Santa.
Description:
"Text transcribed from caption: PC-44929 AIRBORNE SANTA (Second of Two Photos) RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas -- Even though they are wide awake and it's bright daylight when their ""airborne Santa"" makes his rounds of the Rio Grande City area, children are still excited to find the package of clothes, toys and candy he has dropped.Each year, Mr. Gebhart drops more than 150 Christmas gift packages to ranch families. The presents have been donated by Southern Baptist churches across the nation. Inside each parcel is a booklet telling the Christmas story so that families can read of the first Christmas in Bethlehem. (SEE ALSO RNS PHOTO PC-44928) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO By Don Rutledge (DR-GA-11D-73-DS)"
Creator:
Rutledge, Don. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Gebhart, James, Rev.
Topics:
Christmas--Texas--Rio Grande City., Gifts--Texas--Rio Grande City.
Geographic subjects:
Rio Grande City (Tex.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:294508

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