Printed on back: First Baptist Church, Erected July, 1849. The first Protestant Church erected in California, in which the first Free Public School of California, was organized, and held from December, '49, to June, 1851.
I. W. Taber Art & Photographic Gallery. Logo on back.
Written on back: The REv. O.G. Wheeler preached at the initial service July 6, 1849. His text was "Fear not little flock" Luke 12-32. The membership consisited of [illegible]. First Baptist Church. Eliza Johnnson was one of the original members and her six-year-old daughter Elizabeth is seen in the doorway beside her.
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