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• Dedication Service of Communion Drapes, Bethel African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church
  This ceremony documented a church dedication service at Bethel African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) on January 6, 1952. Located on Rittenhouse Street in the Germantown section of Philadelphia, the program celebrated the consecration of new communion drapes. The service blended liturgy with community devotion, invoked the Trinity and called all generations to gather in unity.
• Gene's [Georgine E. Upshur [Willis]] Coming Out Party
  This photograph features Georgine “Gene” Elizabeth Upshur Willis and 15 other graduates of Philadelphia High School for Girls in June 1939. They are smiling and dressed up.