Name/Title
I.O.G.T.Entry/Object ID
1955.511.003Description
Print, photographic. B/W photograph, I.O.G.T. Lodge district meeting, in front of the Masonic Hall at Freedom, Carroll County. Shows large group of men, women and children of various ages. Man and woman at front row center are wearing regalia collars; others are wearing lodge ribbons. Mounted on cream mat board with the maker's mark in the lower proper left corner, "Marken, Photo., Frederick, MD". The inscription on the front of the mat reads,"District I.O.G.T. Lodge Meeting at Freedom - Taken in Front of Old Masonic Hall opposite New Freedom Church" as written in pen. On the back, written on a page from a Treasurer's Cash Book reads,"District I.OG.T. Lodge Meeting at Freedom, Taken in old Masonic Hall opposite New Freedom Church. Front row (seated) - Pinkney Baker, Emma Bennett, David Rice, Ida Shipley.Second Row - Vernon Ridgley, Louis Ridgley, Jim Carter, Bernard Brandenburg, Mr. Norris, Frank Lewis, Miss Luey Davis, Martha Gilliss, Ada Carter, Stella Shipley, [first name] Bennett, [first name] Ruby, Ollie De Verse. Third Row- Will Brandenburg, Mandy Buckingham, Susie Shipley, Tom Bennett, Lizzie Baker, Mr. Remells, Luella Cowaway, Leana Davis, Rob Carter. 1885-1890. Overall size 11" x 14"; image size 7.75" x 9.75".Acquisition
Accession
1955.511Source or Donor
Shipley, StellaAcquisition Method
Gift