Fan, Hand
Object number89.49.1
Date1987
MediumCardboard wood (Balsa)
Credit LineGift of Geraldine White.
DescriptionApple-shaped fan attatched to wood handle.DimensionsL: 12 3/4 W: 9InscriptionsSignature / Inscription: A.M.E. (African Methodist Episcopal) Church Bicentennial 1787-1987 Bethel A.M.E. Church 2720 Webster Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Historical NotesFan commemorating the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church Bicentennial, 1787-1987.Label TextApple-shaped fan attached to wooden handle commemorating the bicentennial of the forming of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in Philadelphia in 1787. Bethel AME Church, located on Wylie Avenue in Pittsburgh’s Hill District, was founded in 1808 and is the oldest African American church in Western Pennsylvania. This church was a station for the Underground Railroad and its members ranked as some of the more influential people in the history of Pittsburgh’s African American community.
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