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Masonic home, Utica, N.Y. – Vintage Wall Art

Masonic home, Utica, N.Y., c1905. — historic photograph
Masonic home, Utica, N.Y., c1905.. Historic photograph from the Detroit Publishing Company 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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This rare historic photograph captures Masonic home, Utica, N.Y. in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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The Masonic home in Utica, New York, is the subject here, a building the Detroit Publishing Company recorded on an 8 x 10 inch glass dry plate negative around 1905. The Masonic fraternity ran charitable homes for aging members, widows and children, and facilities like this one were a visible sign of the order's civic presence in mid-sized American cities of the period. The company, based in Detroit, sold photographs of towns and institutions across the country, often as souvenir views, and its glass negatives remain valued as a record of early twentieth-century architecture and everyday life.

Created / publishedc1905.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesG 1818" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 018262. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsFraternal organizations. Organizations' facilities.United States--New York (State)--Utica.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 789 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-61793

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