- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, American, founded 1843
- Houston, William Lepre, American, 1870 - 1953
- Morris, Edward H., American, 1858 - 1943
- Parker, Louis N., American
- Needham, James Fields, American, 1848 - 1936
- Davis, Benjamin Jefferson Sr., American
- Lawrence, W. W., American
- Johnson, Julius C., American
- Shirley, A. T., American
- Created by
- Woodland, Thomas P., American
- Date
- January 16, 1908
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper with wood, glass and metal
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (in frame): 18 3/4 × 23 1/2 × 15/16 in. (47.6 × 59.7 × 2.4 cm)
- H x W (photograph): 11 × 15 3/4 in. (27.9 × 40 cm)
- Description
- Photograph in mat and frame of [The Sub-Committee of Management and Counsel of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows (1907-1908)]. The photograph features five man standing in back and five men seated in front with their hands in their laps. From the label on the back of the photograph in printed text, the men are identified as [Seated from left to right: / Edward H. Morris, Counsel, Chicago, Illinois / Louis N. Parker, Deputy Grand Master, Little Rock, Arkansas / William L. Houston, Grand Master, Washington, D.C. / James F. Needham , Grand Secretary, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania / Benjamin J. Davis, Grand Treasurer, Atlanta, Georgia / Standing left to right: / W.W. Lawrence, Grand Director, New Bern, North Carolina / Julius C. Johnson, Grand Director, Jacksonville, Florida / A. T. Shirley, Grand Director, Herndon, Virginia / Thomas P. Woodland, Grand Director, New Orleans, Louisiana]. Houston is seated in the center in a more elaborate chair with scroll work decoration on the chair back and feet. All the men are wearing suit and ties except for the man seated on the left who is wearing a bow tie. The mat is white paper and has an inner border of ivory, brown, ivory, and white closest to the photograph.
- Place made
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Charles Hamilton Houston, Jr. and Dr. Rosemary Jagus
- Object number
- 2018.59.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




