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Title: Reverend Robert Copestake's church installation
Contributor: Ted Sahl (photographer) (Creator)
Contributing Institution: San José State University, Special Collections and Archives
Collection: Ted Sahl Collection
Rights Information: For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact San Jose State University Special Collections & Archives Department. http://library.sjsu.edu/sjsu-special-collections/sjsu-special-collections-and-archives
Description: Photograph shows what is probably Reverend Robert Copestake's installation at United Fellowship Metropolitan Community Church in 1981. Four pastors in albs are at or near a church railing. Reverend Robert Copestake is in a white alb with a cross on it and is standing on the right-hand side of the railing. He is holding a second pastor's hand. Two other pastors, one of which is a woman, are standing on the opposite side of the railing facing a microphone. They all appear to be praying.
Reverend Robert Copestake's MCC church installation was in 1981. He served there until the end of 1986. From Ted Sahl, "From closet to community: a quest for gay & lesbian liberation in San Jose & Santa Clara County," (2002), p.106-107.
Scanned with Microtek Scanmaker 1000XL Pro; as a 600 dpi TIFF image in 8-bit Grayscale. Auto Level image processing and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS3.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg
4.4 x 6.4 in.
Identifier: islandora:80_930
filename: sahl_religion_013
islandora: 80_930
Language: English
Subject: Churches
Men
Railings
Religious services
Women
Gay clergy
Gays--Religious life
Place: San Jose
California
Relation: Ted Sahl Collection

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