Pastor Harold L. Proppe holds a tent pole. The tent was erected behind the First Baptist Church of Hollywood after the church was destroyed by fire (6682 Selma Ave.).
Text from newspaper caption: Ex-Pomona College Student Ordained: Randolph C. Miller (left.) former Pomona College student, was made a deacon of the Episcopal Church yesterday. Bishop Gooden (center.) performed the ceremony and Rev. Ray O. Miller (righter.) the young man's father, preached the ordination sermon [Los Angeles Times, 9 Sept. 1935: A5]
A similar photograph taken on the same occasion appears in "PASTOR IN DIVORCE CASE HERE: Rev. Carl Case Says He Will Not Resign," Los Angeles Times, 03 Mar 1924: A1.
Dr. Bruce Vincent Black, pastor at Wilshire Baptist Church in Los Angeles, California during the 1930's, speaks from a lectern, one hand on the lectern and the other pointing upwards.