Historical Pictures

Photographs from the early years of the Oneness Pentecostal movement — the people who preached it, the places it happened, and the printed page that carried it. Each picture is labeled with what it shows, when it is from, and where it comes from. Select any picture to see it larger and move through the collection. All are in the public domain.

Portraits

Garfield T. Haywood as a young man, published in 1903 — **Garfield T. Haywood (1880–1931)** of Indianapolis, elected the PAW’s first presiding bishop in 1925 — pictured as a young man in *The Colored American*, February 21, 1903. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

William J. Seymour — studio portrait, early 1910s — **William J. Seymour (1870–1922)**, the holiness preacher who led the Azusa Street meetings. Studio portrait, early 1910s. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Charles F. Parham — portrait published before 1929 — **Charles F. Parham (1873–1929)**, whose Topeka Bible school students concluded from Acts that tongues accompanied the baptism of the Holy Ghost. Portrait published before 1929. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Places

The Apostolic Faith Gospel Mission building at 312 Azusa Street, Los Angeles, photographed in the late 1920s — **The Apostolic Faith Gospel Mission, 312 Azusa Street, Los Angeles** — the building the revival moved into in April 1906, photographed in the late 1920s. Flower Pentecostal Heritage Center photograph. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

In Print

Front page of The Apostolic Faith, vol. 1, no. 1, September 1906 — *The Apostolic Faith*, vol. 1, no. 1 — Los Angeles, September 1906. Seymour’s paper carried the revival’s reports across the country and around the world: “Pentecost Has Come.” Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

More photographs will be added as they are found and cleared to share. These pictures also appear on the History page, in the sections they document.