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Accession Number:1994-164-1
Accession Date:
Condition:fair
Location:Archives, Black History Coll., Box 1, Folder 2
Keywords:African-American, Fraternal orders, churches, Eureka Chapter, Eastern Star, Freemason, Washington Ave. Baptist Church
Area of Origin:Springfield, MO
Period:ca 1895
Category:Documentary Artifact
Object:Print, photographic
Maker:
Description/History:9-3/4" x 7-3/4" (print area only) sepia tone photoprint of black men and women of a fraternal order, Eastern Star (Freemasons), posed by Washington Ave. Baptist Church. Springfield was a segregated town, which included fraternal orders and churches.
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