Reverend Floyd Chaffin, center, Pastor of Polytechnic Baptist Church, burning mortgage

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Identifier

20031514

Description

Reverend Floyd Chaffin, center, Pastor of Polytechnic Baptist Church, burning mortgage. Helping are W. L. Howse, left, and Reverend E. D. Dunlap, Brownwood.Three men standing at a wicker-sided table with a shallow plate in the middle. Howse, on the left, is wearing a dark double-breasted suit with a light shirt and a dark solid color tie. A handkerchief is sticking out of his breast pocket. He is wearing eyeglasses. He is holding a burning sheet of creased paper next to Chaffin's hand, where we see a burned-out stick match. Chaffin is wearing a dark double-breasted suit with a light shirt, dark printed tie, a slim ring on his left hand, and white handkerchief in his jacket pocket. Dunlap is also holding a piece of burning creased paper over the plate on the table. His double-breasted suit has a grayish tone, and with it he is wearing a light shirt, a printed dark tie, a flower in his boutonniere, eyeglasses, and light handkerchief in his breast pocket. Clipping:"Notes Burned--Earth TurnedRev. Floyd Chaffin, center, pastor of Polytechnic Baptist church, lights a match, and as the mortgage note goes up in smoke, the church becomes debt free. Assisting are W. L. Howse, left, educational director of Broadway Baptist Church, and Rev. E. D. Dunlpa, Brownwood, former Poly pastor, right. --Star-Telegram Photo."Stamped: Star-Telegram Morn. Nov. 8, 1943

Archival Date

1943-11-06

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-295

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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Subjects

Chaffin, Floyd; Hawse, W.L.; Dunlap, E.D.; Polytechnic Baptist Church; Mortgage burning party; Mortgages; Burning paper