Brotherhood of St. Andrew, Memphis, Tennessee, 1906 – Antique Photo Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic image of Brotherhood of St. Andrew, Memphis, Tennessee, 1906. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: Twenty-first Annual Convention, Brotherhood of St. Andrew, Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 17th to 21st, 1906
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Brotherhood of St. Andrew, Memphis, Tennessee, 1906
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Memphis, Tennessee, in 1906 was a Mississippi River port and one of the largest cotton markets in the interior South, with railroads and hardwood lumber mills feeding its warehouses and wholesale houses. The city had grown to roughly 100,000 people after the yellow fever epidemics of the late 1870s had nearly emptied it and then left it to rebuild its reputation for commerce and public health. Church life was central to civic affairs, and the Brotherhood of St. Andrew, an Episcopal organization of laymen founded in Chicago in 1883, drew local men into religious work, visiting, and mission activity. This group portrait records those men as a community of business and church members, the kind of people who ran the city's congregations, clubs, and charities. The picture shows Memphis at a moment when its prosperity still rested on cotton and river trade.
| Created / published | 1906 |
|---|---|
| Creator | coovert, j. c. (john calvin) |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Tennessee |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,909 px · prints to 18 × 6 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Twenty-first Annual Convention, Brotherhood of St. Andrew, Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 17th to 21st, 1906 |
| Reference | TN 1906 Brotherhood of St. Andrew, Memphis |
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