Jacob Fontaine Religious Museum - 127 Matching Results

Search Results

Theresa Griffin

Teresa Griffin, daughter of Julia Houston. Both were members of Fitst Baptist Church of Austin, TX.

Date: unknown

Julia Houston

Julia Houston, mother of Teresa Griffin. Both were members of Fitst Baptist Church of Austin, TX.

Date: unknown

Hobart Taylor, Jr. was educated in Houston and at Prairie View A&M College and traveled to Washington D.C. as the President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity. He later became a special counsel to President Johnson and in 1965 was appointed a director of the Import-Export Bank.

Date: unknown

Carl Walker

Photograph of Carl Walker sitting at a desk, reading a book. There are seals hanging on the wall behind him and a U.S. flag. Walker of Houston became the first negro in the south to be appointed an assistant United States District Attorney. A graduate of Texas Southern University Law School, his appointment in 1961 was to the southern district of Texas.

Date: unknown

[Dr. Herman A. Barnett Works on a Patient Before Surgery]

Photograph of Dr. Herman Barnett and looking at some medical equipment while he holds a gas mask over a patient's face. He is wearing a surgical gown, a head covering, and a mask.

Date: unknown

Mack H. Hannah, Jr.

Photograph of Mack H. Hannah, Jr. wearing a suit and sitting in a wood-paneled room. He is looking down at something that he's writing on a table. Mack H. Hannah Jr. founded the first negro owned and operated savings and loan association in Texas. He is now one of the leading negro mortgage bankers in the nation. As chairman of the board of Texas Southern University for 12 years, he is responsible for much of the Houston school's capital improvements program.

Date: unknown

W. H. Passon

Portrait of W. H. Passon, principal of the West Austin School.

Date: unknown

Nancy Mahalia Colemen Thomas

Portrait of Nanacy Mahalia Coleman Thomas. She was born a slave on August 1, 1860; married Jerry Thomas in 1879; was converted, baptized, and joined Ebenzer Baptist Church in 1883; became president of the Home Woman's Mission Society #4 in 1918 - 1930; she died on December 12, 1938.

Date: unknown

First Baptist Church Members

Photograph of a group of members of First Baptist Church in Austin, TX. They are standing in a row in a room and most of them are wearing coats. Decorated tables are partially visible behind them.

Date: unknown

Banquet at First Baptist Church

Photograph of a banquet at First Baptist Church in Austin, TX.

Date: unknown

First Baptist Church Members Having a Meal

Photograph of a group of members of First Baptist Church enjoying a meal at the church. The people are seated at long tables in a room and various objects are visible on the tabletops.

Date: unknown

First Baptist Church Members Having a Meal

Photograph of members of First Baptist Church enjoying a meal at the church. They are seated at long tables; bulletin boards are visible on the wall behind them.

Date: unknown

First Baptist Church Members Wearing Hats

Photograph of a man and a woman who are members of First Baptist Church. Both of them are wearing jackets and hats and they appear to be in a room standing in front of a soda machine.

Date: unknown

First Baptist Church Members Wearing Hats

Photograph of several women who are members of First Baptist Church wearing hats.

Date: unknown

First Baptist Church Member Wearing a Hat

Photograph of a woman wearing dressy clothes including a hat and jewelry. She is a member of First Baptist Church and is walking through a room. Other people are partially visible behind her, sitting in chairs, as well as a vending machine against the back wall.

Date: unknown