First Church of Deliverance, Chicago, IL, September 18, 2008, from the “Listen” project, 2006–18

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© Rhona Bitner, ADAGP, Artists Rights Society, New York. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer W…
First Church of Deliverance, Chicago, IL, September 18, 2008, from the “Listen” project, 2006–18
© Rhona Bitner, ADAGP, Artists Rights Society, New York. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College. Photo by John Bentham.
Artist/Maker (American, born 1960)
DateSeptember 18, 2008
MediumFujiflex print
DimensionsImage: 40 × 40 in. (101.6 × 101.6 cm) Frame: 41 1/2 × 41 1/2 × 1 1/2 in. (105.4 × 105.4 × 3.8 cm)
Credit LineRuth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY.
Object number2024.7.7
Not on view
DescriptionThis 1939 building is a gorgeous example of the Streamline Moderne style, and was designed by Walter T. Bailey, the first African American architect registered in Illinois. The First Church of Deliverance was founded in 1929, and in 1934 it launched a weekly radio program that gave Rev. Clarence H. Cobbs and his two hundred-person choir national exposure. After moving into their new building in 1939, music director Kenneth Morris brought in a Hammond electric organ, giving the choir a novel sound, and creating a blueprint for modern gospel music. The weekly Sunday night broadcasts became so popular that they started to attract celebrity guests. Notable musicians Louis Armstrong, Nat King Cole, Dinah Washington, and “Mother of Gospel” Sallie Martin appeared on Church of Deliverance broadcasts.
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Signature Verso (Sharpie): "© RHONA BITNER / ALL RIGHTS RESERVED / FIRST CHURCH OF DELIVERANCE / CHICAGO, IL / SEPTEMBER 18, 2008 / FROM LISTEN / 2/6"
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