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:
Non-alcoholic cocktail.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: NON-ALCOHOLIC COCKTAIL #P-2010 PHILADELPHIA -- Mrs. Blanch Pennington of Huntingdon, Pa., who promotes and encourages the wider use of non-alcoholic fruit drinks for the National Women’s Christian Temperance Union, gets ready to serve a fruit drink made according to her own recipe. One such is “Old Reliable,” consisting of three parts of grape juice to one part of ginger-ale, plus ice. Mrs. Pennington is pictured at the WCTU convention here. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (GR-PHIL-8D-9-JOG-P)
Creator:
Riley, George. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Woman’s Christian Temperance Union., Woman’s Christian Temperance Union--Congresses., Pennington, Blanch.
Topics:
Temperance--Societies, etc., Temperance--Congresses., Non-alcoholic cocktails., Congresses and conventions--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Temperance--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358729
Title:
Cardinal Dougherty.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Bishops., Dougherty, Dennis Joseph.
Topics:
Bishops--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358702
Title:
Have a cocktail? WCTU offers nonalcoholic variety.
Creator:
Polier, Rex. (author), Philadelphia Evening Bulletin (Philadelphia, Pa.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Woman’s Christian Temperance Union., Woman’s Christian Temperance Union--Congresses., Pennington, Blanch.
Topics:
Temperance--Societies, etc., Temperance--Congresses., Non-alcoholic cocktails., Congresses and conventions--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Temperance--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358560
Title:
School ignores court prayer ban.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-29799 SCHOOL IGNORES COURT PRAYER BAN SOMERSET, Pa. -- Despite the Supreme Court ruling, this class begins its day with religious exercises. Mrs. Eleanor Engle reads the Bible to second-grade pupils, at top, and leads them in prayer as the fall semester opened at the new Berlin Brothers Valley Elementary School, near Somerset, Pa. The school district was one of five in Somerset County that voted to continue devotional exercises despite the ban imposed by the Supreme Court. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-8E-63-W)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Engle, Eleanor., Berlin Brothers Valley Elementary School (Somerset County, Pa.)
Topics:
Prayer in the public schools--United States., Religion in the public schools--United States., Prayer in the public schools--Pennsylvania--Somerset County., Religion in the public schools--Pennsylvania--Somerset County., Bible--Study and teaching., School children--Pennsylvania--Somerset County.
Geographic subjects:
Somerset County (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358120
Title:
Harassed Negro couple aided by clergymen.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-29848 HARRASSED [sic] NEGRO COUPLE AIDED BY CLERGYMEN FOLCROFT, Pa. -- Mr. and Mrs. Horace Baker, left, receive $250 collected at a meeting of some 100 Philadelphia area clergymen as a contribution toward repairs to their home in Folcroft, a Philadelphia suburb. The Negro couple was threatened and their home badly damaged by vandals protesting their move into the all-white section. The contribution is presented by the Rev. C. Milbourne Smith, pastor of Ruffin Nichols AME Memorial church. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (R-Phil-9B-63-NBM)
Creator:
Riley, George. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Baker, Horace., Baker, Sara., Smith, C. Milbourne., Meyers, Robert N., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Clergy., African Methodist Episcopal Church--Clergy.
Topics:
Racism--Pennsylvania--Folcroft., Discrimination in housing--Pennsylvania--Folcroft., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Clergy--Pennsylvania--Folcroft., Harassment--Pennsylvania--Folcroft.
Geographic subjects:
Folcroft (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358101
Title:
Opening of Orthodox festival.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: EPO-29831 OPENING OF ORTHODOX FESTIVAL PITTSBURGH -- Part of the great crowd of 10,000 is shown as it participated in a service at the first National Eastern Orthodox Religious Cultural Festival ever held in America. Archbishop Iakovos, primate of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America, headed a procession of some 100 acolytes and 150 Orthodox bishops, priests and seminarians into Pittsburgh’s Civic Arena to open the festival. Youth groups from seven Orthodox Churches in the U.S. participated. Featured was a 1,000-voice choir. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (CET-PTS-9A-63-W)
Creator:
Tarasovic, Charles E. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Iakovos, Archbishop of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America., Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados--Bishops., Civic Arena (Pittsburgh, Pa.), Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados--Liturgy.
Topics:
Bishops--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh., Festivals--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh., Ethnic festivals--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh., Liturgies--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Geographic subjects:
Pittsburgh (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358076
Title:
Letter from Charles E. Tarasovic, September 3, 1963.
Creator:
Tarasovic, Charles E. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Iakovos, Archbishop of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America., Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados--Bishops., Civic Arena (Pittsburgh, Pa.), Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados--Liturgy.
Topics:
Bishops--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh., Festivals--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh., Ethnic festivals--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh., Liturgies--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Geographic subjects:
Pittsburgh (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357950
Title:
Classroom prayer.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Engle, Eleanor., Berlin Brothers Valley Elementary School (Somerset County, Pa.)
Topics:
Prayer in the public schools--United States., Religion in the public schools--United States., Prayer in the public schools--Pennsylvania--Somerset County., Religion in the public schools--Pennsylvania--Somerset County., Bible--Study and teaching., School children--Pennsylvania--Somerset County.
Geographic subjects:
Somerset County (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357863
Title:
Aid for Negro family.
Description:
Clipping from the September 1, 1963 issue of the Evening and Sunday Bulletin.
Creator:
Bulletin Company. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Baker, Horace., Baker, Sara., Smith, C. Milbourne., Meyers, Robert N., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Clergy., African Methodist Episcopal Church--Clergy.
Topics:
Racism--Pennsylvania--Folcroft., Discrimination in housing--Pennsylvania--Folcroft., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Clergy--Pennsylvania--Folcroft., Harassment--Pennsylvania--Folcroft.
Geographic subjects:
Folcroft (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357826
Title:
Harassed Negro couple aided by clergymen.
Creator:
Riley, George. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Baker, Horace., Baker, Sara., Smith, C. Milbourne., Meyers, Robert N., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Clergy., African Methodist Episcopal Church--Clergy.
Topics:
Racism--Pennsylvania--Folcroft., Discrimination in housing--Pennsylvania--Folcroft., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Clergy--Pennsylvania--Folcroft., Harassment--Pennsylvania--Folcroft.
Geographic subjects:
Folcroft (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357791
Title:
Their first thought when peace came.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #415 THEIR FIRST THOUGHT WHEN PEACE CAME Entering the House of the Lord, to offer prayers of thanksgiving when the news came that peace at last was about to be restored. The scene is the Lutheran Bethanien in Philadelphia. Credit Line Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Bethany German Lutheran Church (Philadelphia, Pa.), American Lutheran Church (1930-1960)
Topics:
Church attendance--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Houses of prayer--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Lutherans--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357558
Title:
Mennonites food for Europe.
Creator:
Smith, Margaret L. (photographer)
Subject names:
Mennonite Central Committee., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Mennonites--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County., World War, 1939-1945--Civilian relief--Europe., Canning and preserving--Pennsylvania--Lancaster., Canning and preserving--Equipment and supplies., Food relief--Europe.
Geographic subjects:
Lancaster (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356972
Title:
Canned chicken.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: CANNED CHICKEN #1357 The Mennonites of Pennsylvania, with headquarters at Lancaster, are playing a prominent part in gathering relief supplies. Shown here is a small batch of the more than 20,000 cans of chicken already contributed by the denomination. Chickens are canned by volunteer workers, then stacked in a warehouse to await shipment overseas. (One of a Series) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (MLS-LA-LM-9B-6-R)
Creator:
Smith, Margaret L. (photographer)
Subject names:
Mennonite Central Committee., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Mennonites--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County., World War, 1939-1945--Civilian relief--Europe., Canning and preserving--Pennsylvania--Lancaster., Canning and preserving--Equipment and supplies., Food relief--Europe.
Geographic subjects:
Lancaster (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356971
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)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Bible., Soldiers--Religious life--United States., Church work with military personnel--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Hazleton (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356966
Title:
NCCJ dinner, Philadelphia.
Creator:
National Conference of Christians and Jews. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., National Conference of Christians and Jews--Congresses.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356699
Title:
Named to Moscow ministry.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-31812 NAMED TO MOSCOW MINISTRY PHILADELPHIA, Pa. -- The Rev. James L. Barkenquast of Philadelphia, Pa., clergyman of the Lutheran Church in America and an editor of the denomination’s Board of Parish Education, has been named as the next Protestant chaplain to the English-speaking community in Moscow. He will succeed the Rev. Donald V. Roberts of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., whose term expires in mid-1965. The Moscow ministry, launched in 1962 and administered through the National Council of Churches, is supported by the Lutheran Church in America, American Baptist Convention and United Presbyterian and Protestant Episcopal Churches. The four denominations rotate in providing clergymen for the chaplaincy. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (FB-NY-11B-64-NBM)
Creator:
Bachrach, Fabian, 1917-2010. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Lutheran Church in America--Clergy., Barkenquast, James Louis., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America--Chaplains.
Topics:
Clergy--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Chaplains--Soviet Union., Chaplains--Russia--Moscow., Interdenominational cooperation--Russia--Moscow., Interdenominational cooperation--Soviet Union.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356634
Title:
Saur Bible printshop depicted.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-31743 SAUR BIBLE PRINTSHOP DEPICTED HUNTINGDON, Pa. -- Bernard C. Taylor, a graphic designer of Williamsport, Pa., stands beside his painting of the Germantown, Pa., printshop where the famous J. Christopher Saur Bible was printed in 1743. The painting hangs in the library of the Church of Brethren’s Juniata College at Huntingdon, Pa., near a valuable collection of Saur’s works. The German-language Saur Bible was the first Bible in a European language printed in America and the second printed in the colonies, the first being an Indian language version. Saur was one of the early members of the German Baptist Brethren, forerunners of the Church of the Brethren. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (JC-HP-10D-64-NBM)
Creator:
Juniata College (Huntingdon, Pa.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Taylor, Bernard C., Juniata College (Huntingdon, Pa.)
Topics:
Painters--Pennsylvania--Huntingdon., Art--Pennsylvania--Huntingdon., Bible. German--Versions., Printing presses in art., Printing presses--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects:
Huntingdon (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356622
Title:
NCCJ examines responsibilities in changing times.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-31738 NCCJ EXAMINES RESPONSIBILITIES IN CHANGING TIMES PHILADELPHIA -- Some 130 officials of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, concerned with responsibility for the public order, met in Philadelphia to discuss the civil rights struggle, the urban crisis and the interreligious situation. Shown at a luncheon held in connection with a national staff meeting are from left: Dr. Lewis Webster Jones, president of the NCCJ; and Philip Scharper, editor-in-chief of Sheed & Ward publishing house in New York, who spoke on the religious relevance to the temporal order. Dr. Jones said the purpose of the meeting was to “examine our responsibilities in the rapidly changing period in which we live.” Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (N-10D-64-NAB)
Creator:
National Conference of Christians and Jews. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., National Conference of Christians and Jews., National Conference of Christians and Jews--Congresses., Horchler, Richard., Jones, Lewis Webster, 1899-1975., Scharper, Philip J.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Ecumenical movement--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Civil rights movements--United States., Church and social problems--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356621
Title:
New chapel has modern stained glass windows.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-31677 NEW CHAPEL HAS MODERN STAINED GLASS WINDOWS DALLAS, Pa. -- This new novitiate chapel for the Sisters of Mercy in Dallas, Pa., has nearly 650 square feet of symbolic leaded stained glass windows designed by a member of the religious order. Flanking the altar are four metal art glass panels, each 12 feet high and 6 inches wide. Behind the altar is a metallic sculpture of the “Hands of God, the Father and the Holy Spirit.” All the designs and art work for the stained glass windows were created by Sister Mary Benedicta, head of the art department at Mount Aloysius Junior College, Cresson, Pa. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (R-10B-64-NAB)
Creator:
MacLean Advertising (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Sisters of Mercy., SanAntonio, Ida Mary, Sister Mary Benedicta., Mount Aloysius Junior College (Cresson, Pa.)
Topics:
Catholic church buildings--Pennsylvania--Dallas., Chapels--Pennsylvania--Dallas., Stained glass windows--Pennsylvania--Dallas., Christian art and symbolism.
Geographic subjects:
Dallas (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356524
Title:
New chapel has modern stained glass windows.
Creator:
Wilson, Robert M.R. (author), Griffith, Paul, 1921-1983. (addressee)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Sisters of Mercy., SanAntonio, Ida Mary, Sister Mary Benedicta., Mount Aloysius Junior College (Cresson, Pa.)
Topics:
Catholic church buildings--Pennsylvania--Dallas., Chapels--Pennsylvania--Dallas., Stained glass windows--Pennsylvania--Dallas., Christian art and symbolism.
Geographic subjects:
Dallas (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356459

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