Helena History

Published 3:46 pm Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Down to the river. This circa 1950 photograph shows members of the Shiloh Baptist Church attending a baptism at Blake Ford on the Cahaba River. Shown in the photo are Pastor Hilliard Jenkins, his wife Linda Mae and daughters Carolyn and Elsie. Also in the photo are Maxine Lawley, Lois Franklin, Mabel Ann Wilson, Earl Lawley, among others. (Contributed/City of Helena Museum)

Down to the river. This circa 1950 photograph shows members of the Shiloh Baptist Church attending a baptism at Blake Ford on the Cahaba River. Shown in the photo are Pastor Hilliard Jenkins, his wife Linda Mae and daughters Carolyn and Elsie. Also in the photo are Maxine Lawley, Lois Franklin, Mabel Ann Wilson, Earl Lawley, among others. (Contributed/City of Helena Museum)