Esther Bubley
Baptist church, Child about to be immersed in water during baptismal ceremony, Tomball, Texas

Baptist church, Child about to be immersed in water during baptismal ceremony, Tomball, Texas

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Baptist church, Child about to be immersed in water during baptismal ceremony, Tomball, Texas
Baptist church, Child about to be immersed in water during baptismal ceremony, Tomball, Texas
ArtistAmerican, 1921–1998
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Baptist church, Child about to be immersed in water during baptismal ceremony, Tomball, Texas
Date1945
PlaceTomball, Texas, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 10 3/8 × 10 5/16 in. (26.4 × 26.2 cm)
 Sheet: 10 3/8 × 10 5/16 in. (26.4 × 26.2 cm)
 Mount: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Credit LineThe Allan Chasanoff Photographic Collection
Object number91.452
Not on view

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ProvenanceAllan Chasanoff, New York; given to MFAH, 1991.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso upper right in ink " 25176 ", "4 ", "25176 ",verso of mount in pencil all information relating to the image is recorded
verso upper left in pencil " Tomball, Texas- 1945, Esther Bubley "
verso of image two of the same stamps " Esther Bubley 1741 Broadway New York 19, N. Y. Circle 7-5333 " both overprinting stamps in red which are somewhat illeggible, a typed paper label pasted center of sheet giving the above information

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