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People being baptized during Jehovah's Witnesses convention at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, Calif., 1974

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Title: People being baptized during Jehovah's Witnesses convention at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, Calif., 1974
Contributor: Rogers, Art
Date Created and/or Issued: July 26, 1974
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-3657
Description: A GATHERING OF WITNESSES--Thousands of persons attending a regional convention of Jehovah's Witnesses at Dodger Stadium sit under parasols in the warm sun during a Friday service in which 1,323 new ministers, or members, were baptized, below. Two portable pools were set up for the rites, witnessed by 47,000.
Type: Image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: uclalat_1429_b736_278462A-1
ark:/21198/zz0002ptkh
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Baptism
Religious gatherings--California--Los Angeles County
Outdoor religious services--California--Los Angeles County
Jehovah's Witnesses--California--Los Angeles County
Religion
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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