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Creation Date
8-11-1948
Description
Image of six rows of men and women sitting and standing in a meeting hall. Men in front holding a banner. Banner: YORK MASONIC GRAND LODGE B’HAM AUG.11.48. M.W.G.M.REV. W.L. TURNER (?) G. SECY. E.T. SWIFT. Date: 8/11/1948. One of 156 black and white photographs by R. Lee Thomas, an African American photographer active in the early twentieth century in the southern United States. Thomas’ work provides photographic documentation of southern black social life, primarily religious and labor groups, circa 1946-1949. The majority of the photographs depict groups from Birmingham, Alabama, and adjacent areas. His imprint contains the caption: Made by R. Lee Thomas, Mound Bayou, Mississippi, The Oldest Negro Town in America.
Rights Statement
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Keywords
Eartha M.M. White Collection; Thomas, R. Lee (Photographer) -- Photograph collections; African American photographers -- Mississippi -- Mound Bayou -- History -- 20th century – Archives; Photographers; Black -- Mississippi -- Mound Bayou -- History -- 20th century – Archives; York Masonic Grand Lodge (Masonic order: Birmingham, Ala.) -- History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works; Freemasons. York Masonic Grand Lodge (Birmingham, Ala.) -- History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works; African American freemasons -- Alabama -- Birmingham -- History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works; African Americans -- Alabama -- Birmingham – Societies, etc. -- History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works; African American fraternal organizations – Alabama -- Birmingham – History – 20th century – Pictorial works; images