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Choir in front of the First African Methodist Episcopal Church, Los Angeles, 1940-1960

Description:
First African Methodist Episcopal Church, Los Angeles, is the oldest church founded by African Americans in the City of Los Angeles, dating to 1872. Biddy Mason established the church to minister to the mind, body, and soul of the community. This church served as the cornerstone of the community for spiritual growth, social uplift, and economic development.
Date:
[1940-1960]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Choir in front of the First African Methodist Episcopal Church, Los Angeles, 1940-1960

Dedication of the plaque commemorating the First A.M.E. Church at 8th St. and Towne Ave., Los Angeles, 1973

Description:
First African Methodist Episcopal Church, Los Angeles, is the oldest church founded by African Americans in the City of Los Angeles, dating to 1872. Biddy Mason established the church to minister to the mind, body, and soul of the community. This church served as the cornerstone of the community for spiritual growth, social uplift, and economic development.
Date:
December 13, 1973
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Dedication of the plaque commemorating the First A.M.E. Church at 8th St. and Towne Ave., Los Angeles, 1973

Dedication of the plaque commemorating the First A.M.E. Church at 8th St. and Towne Ave., Los Angeles, 1973

Description:
Nineteen African American women and three men stand in a semi-circle around a plaque dedicating First African Methodist Episcopal Church as a cultural heritage landmark. The street is visible in the background with cars and store fronts.
Date:
December 13, 1973
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Adams, Harry H., 1918-1988
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Dedication of the plaque commemorating the First A.M.E. Church at 8th St. and Towne Ave., Los Angeles, 1973

Dedication of the plaque commemorating the First A.M.E. Church at 8th St. and Towne Ave., Los Angeles, 1973

Description:
Miriam Matthews, sister of businesswoman Ella Matthews and lawyer Charles Matthews, was hired in 1927 as the first African American librarian in the Los Angeles Public Library. Matthews was also a civil rights activist, historian, and collector of African American art and primary source materials.
Date:
December, 13, 1973
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Dedication of the plaque commemorating the First A.M.E. Church at 8th St. and Towne Ave., Los Angeles, 1973

Dedication of the plaque commemorating the First A.M.E. Church at 8th St. and Towne Ave., Los Angeles, 1973

Description:
First African Methodist Episcopal Church, Los Angeles, is the oldest church founded by African Americans in the City of Los Angeles, dating to 1872. Biddy Mason established the church to minister to the mind, body, and soul of the community. This church served as the cornerstone of the community for spiritual growth, social uplift, and economic development.
Date:
December, 13, 1973
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Dedication of the plaque commemorating the First A.M.E. Church at 8th St. and Towne Ave., Los Angeles, 1973

Fifty-sixth Annual session of the California Conference of A.M.E. Church, Los Angeles, 1923

Description:
First African Methodist Episcopal Church, Los Angeles, is the oldest church founded by African Americans in the City of Los Angeles, dating to 1872. Biddy Mason established the church to minister to the mind, body, and soul of the community. This church served as the cornerstone of the community for spiritual growth, social uplift, and economic development.
Date:
1923
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Meyer, E. L.
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Fifty-sixth Annual session of the California Conference of A.M.E. Church, Los Angeles, 1923

First African Methodist Episcopal Church, 8th and Towne Ave., Los Angeles, 1941

Description:
First African Methodist Episcopal Church, Los Angeles, is the oldest church founded by African Americans in the City of Los Angeles, dating to 1872. Biddy Mason established the church to minister to the mind, body, and soul of the community. This church served as the cornerstone of the community for spiritual growth, social uplift, and economic development.
Date:
1941
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
First African Methodist Episcopal Church, 8th and Towne Ave., Los Angeles, 1941

Golden State Council & Juveniles 123 A. U. K. & D. of A. at the First A.M.E. Church, Los Angeles,1914

Description:
Group photograph of African American children in front of the doors of the First African Methodist Episcopal Church. The girls are wearing white dresses with flowers in their hair, and the boys are dressed in black suits. There are about 10 adults in the group. The occasion has to do with the fraternal organization called the Ancient United Knights and Daughters of Africa.
Date:
May 3, 1914
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Golden State Council & Juveniles 123 A. U. K. & D. of A. at the First A.M.E. Church, Los Angeles,1914

Plaque commemorating the First A.M.E. Church at 8th St. and Towne, Los Angeles, 1973

Description:
Two plaques at the site of the First African Methodist Episcopal Church building at 8th St. and Towne Ave. with a pictorial image of the church building, and providing a brief history of the A.M.E. and the church's designation as a Los Angeles cultural heritage landmark, and information about the ministers of the church at that time.
Date:
December, 13, 1973
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Adams, Harry H., 1918-1988
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Plaque commemorating the First A.M.E. Church at 8th St. and Towne, Los Angeles, 1973

Welcoming committee at Union Station for delegates for the A.M.E. Church General Conference, Los Angeles, 1960

Description:
Photo of a small group of African American women in business attire at Union Station greet African Methodist Episcopal Church conference delegates. Three hold signs reading "Welcome delegates A.M.E Gen'l Conference Ask Us!," Other African American adults are in the background.
Date:
May 1960
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Adams, Harry H., 1918-1988
Collection:
Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Welcoming committee at Union Station for delegates for the A.M.E. Church General Conference, Los Angeles, 1960