Preview
Creation Date
12-12-1948
Description
Image of two rows of men sitting and standing in meeting room. Front row center holding a sign. Sign: JAX. FLA. DEC. 16.48 JAMES JONES LODGE #123 K. OF P. HON. B.L. COINS. G.C.C.D.C. JONES C.C. Date: 12/16/1948. 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
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-RUU/1.0/
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; Knights of Pythias. James Jones Lodge 123 (Jacksonville; Fla.) -- History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works; African American fraternal organizations -- Florida -- Jacksonville -- History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works; African Americans -- Florida -- Jacksonville -- Societies; etc. -- History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works; Fraternal orders. Knights of Pythias (Jacksonville; Fla.) – History – 20 th century – Pictorial works; African American fraternal organizations – Florida – Jacksonville – History – 20th century – Pictorial works