Name/Title
Photos of past Oak Grove Lodge officers, 1871-1970Entry/Object ID
2024.34.1Description
Acc. No. 24.34.1
Subject Category: Clubs and Fraternities, Oak Grove Lodge, Masonic; Citizens of Alameda
Date or Period: 1871-1970
Objects: Photographs, negatives
Description: A collection of 89 glossy black-and-white photos of head-and-shoulders of men, all dressed formally, with black or white bow-tie (except for one polka-dot and one ordinary tie), some wearing a medal, and negatives for 4 of these. Most photos have identification and a year written in pen, ballpoint, or marker the bottom margin, as well as on the reverse in pencil and black marker.
Size: (photos:) L 5 x W 4 inches; negatives: approx. L 3 x W 2 1/4 inches.
History of Object: Photographs of some past officers (Master, Secretary) of the Oak Grove Lodge, #215, Free and Accepted Masons, of the Masonic Order from the first Master, Eliphalet Minor Smith, 1871, To Master Balch, 1970. Among the officers are Alameda City community leaders, political figures, and business owners, so relevance extends beyond the Masonic Order.
Full list based on information on reverse: masters: Eliphalet Minor Smith, 1st Master Oak Grove Lodge, 1871 [ - 1872 - 1873 - 1874 - 1877 - 1878]; McGoun [McGowan] - 1875 - 1876 - 1877; Millington - 1879; Eickhoff, - 1880 - 1881 - 1882; Herbert - 1883 - 1884 - 1886; Merritt -1885; Knowles - 1888; Gewer - 1889; Yablonsky - 1890; Collins - 1891; Cormeny - 1892; Sullivan - 1893; Barber - 1894 - 1895 - 1896; Lovejoy - 1897; McFarland - 1898; E.E. Johnson - 1899; Wever - 1900; Teller - 1901; Baurhyte - 1902; Youngbert - 1903; Knowland - 1904; Simpson - 1905; Hammond - 1906; Rue - 1907; Combs - 1908; McNutt - 1909; Stokes - 1910; Bordwell - 1911; Robinson - 1912; Eschen - 1913; Allardyce - 1914; Strachan - 1915; Lassen - 1916; Fischer - 1917; Ilderton - 1918; Billington - 1919; Bowles - 1920; Wuerz - 1921; Thompson - 1922; Howen - 1923; Bettencourt - 1924; Oehlmann - 1925; Thornton - 1926; Crocket - 1927; Horrisberger - 1928; Godfrey - 1929; Hansen - 1930; Graham - 1931; Cunningham - 1932; Snead, Jr. - 1933; Nobmann - 1934; Garratt - 1935; Hacke - 1936; Cox - 1937; Anderson - 1938; R. Strehlow - 1939; [? - 1940?]; Gordon - 1941; A. Strehlow - 1942; Nankervis - 1943; Gleb - 1944; Thomason - 1945; Teakle - 1946; Wickman - 1947; Riley - 1948; Penberthy - 1949; Baxter - 1950; Bartels - 1951; Johnson - 1952; Geisert - 1953; Carlile - 1954; Mutch - 1955; Benson - 1956; Lind - 1957; H. Ingold - 1958; Brooks - 1959; Horrisberger - 1960; Buzolich - 1961; O. Ingold - 1962; Harris - 1963; Murray - 1964; Miller - 1965; Stickney - 1966; Hay - 1967; Beck - 1968; Hartley - 1969; Balch - 1970.
Secretary: Oswald Lubbock (no date) [listed as past mason in 1882, past secretary 1922]; Thomas Christian Howen, Secretary [no dates], Wm. H. Cox, P.M. Sec. [no dates]. Negatives are for E. Minor Smith, Harris, Wm. H. Cox, Lubbock.
Found in a box in the museum storage, so donation at least before 2019.
Donor unknown, donation date unknown, but after 1970, before 2019
Catalog Date: 4/9/2024
