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[Group portrait of Freemasons of Anglo-Saxon Lodge, seated and standing, in ceremonial dress – Historic Photograph Print

[Group portrait of Freemasons of Anglo-Saxon Lodge, seated and standing, in ceremonial dress, 1902 — historic photograph
[Group portrait of Freemasons of Anglo-Saxon Lodge, seated and standing, in ceremonial dress, 1902. Historic photograph from the Freemasons collection.

(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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Step back in time with [Group portrait of Freemasons of Anglo-Saxon Lodge, seated and standing, in ceremonial dress, a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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[Group portrait of Freemasons of Anglo-Saxon Lodge, seated and standing, in ceremonial dress

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A group of men in ceremonial Masonic regalia gathered for a 1902 portrait, with some seated and others standing, which marks this print as a record of one particular lodge rather than a generic fraternal scene. The lodge is named in the title as Anglo-Saxon, and the photograph captures the formal dress and arrangement that Masonic bodies of the period favored when recording their membership. Fraternal organizations like this one were at their height in the early 1900s, serving as social clubs, mutual aid networks and places for civic connection, so a portrait such as this preserves both the men themselves and the rituals that bound them together.

Created / published1902
Medium1 photographic print.
GenreGroup portraits 1900-1910.Portrait photographs 1900-1910.Photographic prints 1900-1910.
SubjectsFreemasons--People--1900-1910. Fraternal organizations--1900-1910.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,686 × 1,338 px · prints to 6 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-118477

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