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Creation Date
8-19-1946
Description
Image of women and one man sitting and standing in three rows. Two women in the front row are holding a sign. Sign: PRIDE OF RUTH CHAPTER 3336 EASTERN STAR W. MEMPHIS ARK. AUG 19. 46 SIS. L. WILLIAMS W.M. Two women in the back are holding poles with stars on the top, angled so that the stars are meeting near the top of the picture. On back: Mrs. Ro(?) Willingham 5 15 s 12. W. Memphis (?) Due 145. Date: 8/19/1946. 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.
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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; Black -- Mississippi -- Mound Bayou -- History -- 20th century – Archives; Order of the Eastern Star. Pride of Ruth Chapter #336 (West Memphis, Ark.) -- History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works; Freemasons. Pride of Ruth Chapter #336 (West Memphis, Ark.) -- History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works; African American women -- Arkansas -- West Memphis -- Societies and clubs -- History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works; Women and freemasonry -- Arkansas -- West Memphis -- History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works; African American freemasons -- Arkansas -- West Memphis -- History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works; African American fraternal organizations -- Arkansas -- West Memphis -- History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works