Description: An original press photograph from the archives of the venerable 150 year-old Star Tribune newspaper in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Type & Size: A 6.5x8" original photograph.Condition: Photo from a working archive. May contain notes, marks, labels, clippings, and/or retouching by the staff at the time of publication. May contain issues associated with time, age, and use. Please see images for scans.This image is a portrait of a man wearing glasses and a suit, standing outdoors with a slightly blurred background indicating an urban setting. The handwritten mark "6 ¾" is present on the right side of the photograph.The photograph is likely significant due to Reverend William B. Oliver’s role as a white minister leading an all-African American church in Beaumont, Texas, a notable instance of racial integration in religious communities during the civil rights movement.Text present on photo:Handwritten: 6 ¾Back of photo: Local meeting 1stAssociated PressTHE REV. WILLIAM OLIVERDALLAS, Tex. (AP) —The Rev. William B. Oliver III, a white Congregational minister, will become the pastor of an all-Negro church at Beaumont, Tex., in September. The Beaumont church, which has been without a pastor for five years, has about 30 members.- - - The press photo archives contained a mix of silver gelatin and wire photographs from sources such as Associated Press Wirephoto. Generally B&W images with no typed text on them in this archive are silver gelatin images, and photos with typed text are wire photos. All images are vintage and original to their era.
Price: 36 USD
Location: Carlsbad, California
End Time: 2025-01-03T03:50:46.000Z
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Type: Photograph
Subject: integration, minister, civil rights
Theme: community life, social history, religious, portrait
Featured Person/Artist: William B. Oliver
Production Technique: Gelatin-Silver Print
Year of Production: 1969
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Size: 6.5x8 inches
Time Period Manufactured: 1960-1969
Number of Photographs: 1
Antique: No
Unit of Sale: Single Piece
Vintage: Yes
Framing: Unframed