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First Baptist Church West [1]

Groundbreaking for the new First Baptist Church site. [2] Left to right: Walter Taylor Sr., Irma Bland, Mildred Aldridge, Mary Kendrick, Bessie Franks, and Donald Kendrick.

Workmen weld one pair of tuned bells into place [3] at First Baptist Church - West's new sanctuary on Oaklawn Ave.

Fund-raising Chairman Mildred Aldridge, left, watches the installation of the French bells with congregation members Minnie Jackson McKee and Cecelia Jackson Wilson [4], who donated the set.

Exhibit & Section: 
African American Album Volume 2 [5]
Heritage [6]
Main Image: 
First Baptist West - groundbreaking
First Baptist West - bells
First Baptist West - members
Tags: 
African American Album 2 - Heritage - Churches [7]
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The African American Album: The Black Experience in Charlotte and Mecklenburg County. Vol. 2. Charlotte, NC: Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, 1998. Computer optical disc, 4 3/4 in.

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