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Accession Number:2005-18
Accession Date:
Condition:good
Location:Archives, Photo Coll. Black History Coll. B 4 F38
Keywords:African American, A S Jones, A M Smith, Fraternal orders, men, Masonic, Looney home
Area of Origin:UK
Period:1880s?
Category:Documentary Artifact
Object:Print
Maker:UK
Description/History:Sepia tone photo on board of a group of African American men standing before a building. A Masonic group, (Prince Hall, or Eureka or Truth Lodge) possibly at a state or national convention, maybe in St. Louis or Kansas City. The back of the photo reads: "A M Smith, A S Jones, Independence, Box----." Photo found by donor in the Looney home at 1509 N Sherman.
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