Taylor Family Evangelical Tent Revival Meetings and Travel Photograph Album
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Content Description
The collection contains approximately 200 black and white photographs, various sizes, depicting the Taylor family's travels in California, Idaho, Michigan, Wisconsin and other places. The Taylors, headed by George W. Taylor, were traveling evangelists during the early part of the twentieth century in the West and Midwest. One sequence of photographs shows how the tabernacle (tent) was set up in one day.
While many of the photographs depict revivals, a substantial number show the family and their friends enjoying outdoor activities (rabbit hunting, skating, tennis, etc.
Most of the photos are captioned and several are dated.
Dates
- Creation: 1914-1915
Creator
- Taylor, George W. (Person)
- Taylor family (Family)
Extent
.1 Linear Feet (one photograph album)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Photographs depicting this traveling evangelical family's travels in California, Idaho, Michigan, Wisconsin and other places in the early twentieth century.
General
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Source
- Between the Covers Rare Books (Organization)
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Taylor Family Evangelical Tent Revival Meetings and Travel Photograph Album
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- August 2017
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections Repository