Masonic diploma – Vintage Wall Art
(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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Rather than a lodge scene or portrait, this item is a Masonic diploma, a printed certificate meant to be filled in and displayed as proof of membership. The catalog credits Strobridge & Co., the Cincinnati lithographic firm known for decorative color prints sold to commercial and fraternal buyers in the late 1800s. Lodges often ordered such certificates in blank form and personalized them, so the design served as both ceremony and keepsake. The copyright date, given as around 1891, carries a question mark in the record, so treat it as approximate.
| Created / published | c1891 Feb. 22. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print. |
| Notes | V37685 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Strobridge & Co. Question mark next to copyright date on card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,224 × 1,686 px · prints to 4 × 6 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-110645 |
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