Name/Title
Past masters of the lodge, 1963Entry/Object ID
2020.1.106Description
This is a black-and-white indoors portrait of a group of twelve men. They are arranged in two rows of six, with the back row standing on the steps of a stage. All sitters wear suits, with light-colored shirts and ties or bow ties. In the front row, the four men to the right are wearing Masonic aprons. The third man to the right in wears a Masonic chain collar and a black top hat. The tile floor is checkered. The group poses in front of a prop with a white column on either side and the wall section between them covered in fabric. The back of the image shows two notes: (1) a blue stamp in the top center of the back print "Photograph by/ A. Wilson Embrey, III/ Fredericksburg, VA/ DEC 27 1962". (2) 15 lines handwritten text in black pen
Left to right
Back row: R:W: Carl R. Pepmeier 1957
Wor: Charles E. McCullen Sr. 1951
Wor: Albert W. Campbell 1958
Wor: Ishmael A. Pugh 1961
Wor: Wm Henry Hill 1962
Wor: Thomas J. Higgins Jr. 1960
Front Row: Wor: John E Wyatt 1947
R:W: W. Walten Shelton 1934-1935
Wor: Master Carter Gilmore Wells-1963
Wor: Karl H. Ulamn 1930
1962-Most Wor. Past Grand Master-R:W: Edward H. Cann 1932
Wor: Robert E. Cadow-1952"
Past Masters present at the installation of Wor: Carter G Wells Dec. 1962
