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
Topic
Associations and institutions
Communities
Fraternal organizations
Men
Photography
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.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5aec789ba-212b-46d1-aed7-beb1b291d3bc

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