Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Convention of "Old" Texas Synod, 1886 |
Collection |
Vintage Photo Collection |
Catalog Number |
2003.70.6 |
Location |
Cabinet E, Drawer 4 |
Object Name |
Photograph |
Description |
Sepia-toned photo of a convention of the "Old" Texas Synod, Evangelical Lutheran, held in Yorktown, Texas, on May 13-17, [1886] showing pastors standing and seated on the front steps and in the doorway of an unidentified building. One pastor is identified, Pastor R.T. Fielder. Others are identified in a letter dated April 5, 1972, from Pastor I.J. Haag to Bishop V.A. Mohr in the third paragraph of the letter. |
Notes |
Labeled on the back of the original: Convention of "Old" Texas Synod held at Yorktown, Texas, in middle eighties. [1886] Letter and a black and white copy of the photograph are included with this photo. Second paragraph of letter lists officers of the Synod: Hy. Merz, President; G. Stricker, Secy.; A.Falkenberg, Treas. |
Date |
1886 |
Subjects |
Old German Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Texas--History Pastors Texas Synod--History |
Classification |
Old German Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Texas--History Pastors Texas Synod--History |
Search Terms |
Old German Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Texas--History Pastors Texas Synod--History |
People |
Czerkus, George Daude, Heinrich Friedrich Falkenberg, August Heinrich, Sr. Fiedler, Renatus Frehner, Jakob F. Glatzle, Immanuel Joseph Haag, Johannes Michael Langner, Gottlieb Merz, Heinrich Roehm, Johannes Konrad Stricker, Johan Gottlob |
Imagefile |
001\2003706.JPG |