A People’s History of the Inland Empire Digital Archive

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  Pastor Williams and Reverend Jefferson

  Black and white photo of Pastor Williams (left) and Reverend Jefferson (right) who was associate minister.
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  Reverend C.M. Gordon

  Black and white photo of Reverend C.M. Gordon wearing a black suit. Reverend Gordon was the first and founding pastor of St. Mark's Missionary Baptist church, where he served until 1945.
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  Women in the Congregation

  Color photo of women in the pews of the church, Essie Greene standing, Sister Garcia seated in blue, Sister Myrna Jackson in front Althea Jackson.
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  St Mark's Missionary Baptist Church Directory 2000

  A page from the church program with the words "71st Church Anniversary November 28, 1999" typed on the left hand side of the page in white font on a red banner. The page contains three color photographs from the anniversary service.
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  St Mark's Missionary Baptist Church Directory 2000

  Black and white photo of Pastory Percy Harper in the middle, with Reverend Brown on the right and an unidentified man on the left. The men are all wearing suits and smiling at one another.
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  St. Mark's Missionary Baptist Church Directory 2000

  A page from the church program with the words "Through The Years..." typed at the top in white font on a red banner. The top photo is in black and white of Pastory Percy Harper in the middle, with Reverend Brown on the right and an unidentified man on the left. The men are all wearing suits and smiling at one another. The photo on the bottom is a black and white photograph of St. Mark's Choir standing outside the church.
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  St Mark's Missionary Baptist Church Directory 2000 Front Page

  Cover of St. Mark's Program. In red font "St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church 259 E. Central Ave. San Bernardino, CA 92408 909-885-2919", at the top. A color photograph of the exterior of the church is in the center of the page and below it, typed in the same red font, "Reaching The World Through Evangelism...". The program has tape on the left hand side of the page, and the words "Belong to the Lynches" hand written in black marker. "the Lynches" is underlined.
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  Exterior of St. Mark's Missionary Baptist Church

  Color photo of the exterior of St. Mark's Missionary Baptist Church.
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  St. Mark's Church After Renovation

  Black and white photograph of the exterior of St. Mark's Missionary Baptist Church after the renovation that was done in the 1940s.
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  Church Service at St. Mark's Missionary Baptist Church

  Black and white photo of the congregation sitting in St. Marks during a service in the late 1980s.
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  Close up of Choir

  Black and white photo of St. Mark's Choir in front of the church. Front: Loretta Thomas, Agnolia Thomas, Pauline Thomas, Emma MacBeth, Dolores Hassel. Second row R-L Julia Smith, Eugenia Moor, Jeanette Ruffin, Vincent Jones, Rosa Lee Jackson. Third row L-R Pat Mann, Pauline Aciero, Norman Mann. 4th row Annette Overstreet, Maggie Barrier, Jeanette Howard, Annette Brewer. Back row Dudley White, Mrs Mann, Lonnie Barrier, Erma Lee Golden, John Moore & Mr. Harrison Crump (pianist).
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  Pastor Harper with Minister Amos

  Black and white photo of Pastor Harper (center) with Minister Amos (left) who worked as a field representative for Congressman George Brown. The man on the right is unknown.
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  St. Marks Choir

  St. Marks Choir with young people's choir performing in the sanctuary.
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  Group Photo of Reverend Brown and Pastor Harper

  Black and white photograph of Reverend Brown (on right) and Pastor Harper (middle), shaking hands with an unidentified man.
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  Jeanette Morris and Annette Brewer

  Black and white photograph of Jeanette Morris and Annette Brewer (singing).
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  St Mark's Choir at 63rd Anniversary

  Black and white photo of St. Mark's Choir sitting on stage, celebrating 63 Years of service at church. Included are Dudley White, Sister Maggie Barrier, Eugenia Moore, Vincent Jones, Dolores Hassel, Emma Lacy Macbeth.
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  Group Photo of Church Leaders

  A formal group portrait of church leaders at unknown event, possibly a Baptist convention since people have ribbons on their suits. Reverent Williams is second from left in the back and Mr. Clarence Nunn seated second from right are from the Valley. Other people and location is unknown. People are dressed formally and wear ribbons pinned to their clothes. The back reads, "Brewer Klinock Photo Inc 1830 Main St BA 1-2710 Kansas City MO 54108."
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  Pastor F. R. Williams Receiving Award

  Pastor F. R. Williams receiving an award. On Back 1950, Calvin Wesley Wilcox Free Lance Photographer 1749 Magnolia Turner 9-4664 San Bernardino, California.
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  Exterior of St. Marks Early 1940s

  Black and white photo of the exterior of St Mark's Church before rebuilding, taken in late 1940s.
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  Interior St. Mark's Church

  Interior of St. Mark's Church. On one of the walls, there is a placard that reads, "Our Motto: I therefore the prisoner of the Lord Beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called... With all lowliness and meekness with long suffering for bearing one another in Love... Endeavoring to keep the Unity of the Spirit in the Bond of Peace..."
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  St. Mark's Missionary Baptist Church Board of Trustees

  A portrait of the identified members of the Board of Trustees of St. Mark's Missionary Baptist Church. From front left to right are Brothers Harper, Barrier, and White. In the back row from left to right are Brothers Bellnavis, Benton, and Ward. All are dressed in their formal church attire and posed on the steps in front of the exterior front doors of the church.
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  St. Mark's Missionary Baptist Church Select Board of Deacons

  A select Board of Deacon members from St. Mark's Missionary Baptist Church pose for a photo. The bottom text reads, "BOARD OF DEACONS, PICTURED LEFT TO RIGHT: Deacons Byas. Gilmore. Howard. Jackson. Thomas. Ward, NOT PICTURED: Deacons Bell. Bennett. Benson. Cash. Mann. and White."
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  Portrait of Pastor Percy Harper at St. Mark's Missionary Baptist Church

  Pastor Percy Jackson poses for a portrait inside St. Mark's Missionary Baptist Church. He is wearing a red clergy robe and holding a bible in hand. "The fourth and current pastor, Percy Harper, started his Pastorate at St. Mark’s Missionary Baptist Church as interim pastor in July of 1987 when Pastor Williams passed away and was voted in as full pastor in April 1988" (Valley Truck Farms Scrapbook, 2019.)
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  St. Mark's Missonary Baptist Church Congregation

  Group photo of smiling churchgoers in their Sunday attire seated in the pews inside St. Mark's Missionary Baptist Church. Deacons sitting in the front include far left Andrew Swanson and Mr. Etherly who lived on Norman Road (3rd from left). Ola McDowell is visible 4th row from the back on the right.
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  Pastor Freeman Williams and wife Mrs. Lucille Williams in formal attire

  A candid photo depicting Pastor Freeman Williams and his wife Mrs. Lucille Williams, dressed in formal attire and seated at a table.