One b/w negative of church congregation photographed standing outside building. Adults and children standing in front of Imperial Missionary Baptist Church. Street address on left of building reads “2558”. Street address on right of building reads “2560”. Lettering over building entrance reads “Imperial Missionary / Baptist Church / Rev. E.B. ROBERTSON, Pastor”.
Client Name: Robertson, E. B., Reverend
Original Baynard index card reads “1961 Rev Robertson / No 2899 / Flashes of church inside and outside of church”
City directory, year 1961, shows entry for: Cornerstone Mission Church at 2558 Imperial Avenue. City directory, year 1961, shows entry for: Imperial Missionary Baptist Church at 2560 Imperial Avenue. City directory, year 1961, shows entry for: “ROBERTSON / E B Rev (Gertrude) pastor Imperial / Missionary Baptist Church h3481 Kurtz” City directory, year 1965, shows entry for: Imperial Missionary Baptist Church at 2558 Imperial Avenue. City directories, circa 1961-1969, show entry for: Imperial Missionary Baptist Church at 2558 Imperial Avenue near 25th Street and 26th Street.
Additional information from the community on 3/2011: This building was previously the Victory Theatre during the early 1950s. In the 1960s, it was the Imperial Missionary Bastist Church.
