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Men shooting dice, scene from the morality play "Heaven Bound," staged by the Big Bethel African Methodist Choir, at the Atlanta Theatre (23 Exchange Place), Atlanta, Georgia, August 1937.

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Title	Men shooting dice, scene from the morality play "Heaven Bound" staged by the Big Bethel African Methodist Choir, at the Atlanta Theatre (23 Exchange Place), Atlanta, Georgia, August 1937.
Identifier	LBstrip038r
Date of original	1937-08
Decade	1930s
Description	A roll of film from 1937 found in the Lane Brothers Collection. The Federal Theatre Project and the Atlanta Studio Group invited the Big Bethel to perform the pageant at the Atlanta Theatre. The play opened on August 10, 1937 and ran for a week. The play returned in January 1937, and again in 1938.
Creator	Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers (Atlanta, Ga.)
Digital publisher	Georgia State University Library
Curatorial area	Photographic Collections
Collection	Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976
Rights information	This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
Citation	LBstrip038r, Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.
Location depicted	Atlanta (Ga.) Fulton County (Ga.)
Subject	Moralities Religious drama Choirs (Music) African American choirs
Subject (names)	Big Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church (Atlanta, Ga.) Atlanta Theatre Heaven Bound (Morality play) Federal Theatre Project (U.S.). Atlanta
Source format	negatives black-and-white negatives
Type	Image
Format	image/tiff