Kismet Temple, Brooklyn – Historic Print
![Kismet Temple, Brooklyn, [1923] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/5a/5a4c63086f11-L.webp)
(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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This rare historic photograph captures Kismet Temple, Brooklyn in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Kismet Temple, Brooklyn
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The building in this view is Kismet Temple, a Brooklyn meeting hall of the Shriners, the fraternal order whose local chapters took their names from Arabic and Persian words. Its name, which means fate or destiny, reflects the order's fondness for Near Eastern imagery in its ritual and architecture. The National Photo Company, which sent photographers across American cities in the early 1920s, made the negative, and the date of about 1923 is inferred from other negatives in the same group. The glass plate shows streaks and blemishes from the gradual breakdown of its original coating, which is worth keeping in mind when judging fine detail in the image.
| Created / published | [1923] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings. Temp. note: Batch two. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 5,212 × 4,280 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-238152 |
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