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Rev. S. L. Davis, Mabel Thompson, and George Clark during a baptism in the Colorado River near the Montopolis Bridge.

1938-07

Two men baptizing a woman in a lake or river on July 3, 1938. From verso: "Frightened: There's no denying the result of immersion from the vocal standpoint on this buxom woman. She's bound for the bank after her submersion."

1938-07-03

A group of African Americans stand on the riverbank while out in the stream a preacher and his two assistants wearing white robes wait to perform the baptism ceremony, July 1938. The baptisms took place in the Colorado River in Austin, Texas.

1938-07

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