Saint Philip's Episcopal Church was founded in 1910 on Paloma St. Walter T. Cleghorn was a native of St. Kitts island in the West Indies. He came to the United States in 1905 and graduated from Oskaloosa College, Iowa, in 1908. He became the first Vicar of St. Philip's Episcopal Church in Los Angeles in 1910, and was an executive member of the NAACP Reverend Walter T. Cleghorn, wearing a biretta and cassock, poses in front of St. Philip's Episcopal Church with 5 young women dressed in white with black accents who belong to a church guild. A young girl on the right observes. A plaque with church information is on the right. Written on back of photo: An early guild at St. Philip's Episcopal Church on Paloma Ave. Shown with Rev. W. T. Cleghorn.
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Altar guilds--Episcopal church African American churches Cleghorn, Walter T. (Walter Thomas), 1881-1832 St. Phillips Church (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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