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First Methodist Church service
Gordon, John C. (photographer)
1947
Photograph shows a religious service at the First Methodist Church of San Jose. Two robed clergymen stand near the altar with a woman. The woman appears to be handing an infant girl to one of the clergymen. The choir looks on the scene.
Image/jpg
8 x 10 in.
Photographic prints
Religion
Churches Methodist churches Religious services Clergy Infants Choirs (Music) Centennial celebrations
San Jose -- California
John C. Gordon Photograph Collection
San Jose State University Special Collections & Archives
Series I, Box 2, Folder: Churches - First Methodist Centennial
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The San Jose First United Methodist Church was founded in 1847. This church has been named variously First Methodist Church, First Methodist Episcopal Church, First United Methodist Church, depending on various divisions and mergers in the history of the Methodist denomination in the United States. "It has been located in various buildings in the downtown of San Jose, and it has been located at the corner of East Santa Clara Street and Fifth Street since 1910. In 1991 the historic Church structure was destroyed by fire." A new church is being built in its place. From: "First Church Downtown - About our downtown San Jose church," http://www.firstchurchdowntown.org/about/history.html (accessed 10/7/11).
Scanned with Microtek Scanmaker 1000XL Pro; as a 600 dpi TIFF image in 8-bit Grayscale. Auto Level image processing applied and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS3.
