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Accession Number:1995-41-20
Accession Date:
Condition:good
Location:Archives, Black History Coll., Box 1, Folder 31
Keywords:Black history, fraternal organizations, Masons, segregation, African American
Area of Origin:Springfield MO
Period:12/27/1949
Category:Documentary Artifact
Object:Print, photographic
Maker:May Studio
Description/History:8" x 10" black and white photoprint of group dinner and ceremony of the Masonic Lodge #151, including a number of black men and women. Blacks had their own branches of organizations because of segregation. Inscription, "St. John's Supper F.A. and M. Truth Lodge No. 151 Springfield, Mo. Dec. 27 - 1949."
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