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Photographs of African American religious and masonic life in Pasadena, California
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The collection spans approximately 1954 through 1970 and includes one program from the September 8, 1963 Bethel Baptist Church Ground Breaking Service and 18 black-and-white photographs (8 x 10 inches) of Bethel, Freemason, and Order of the Eastern Star members and events. This includes images of the Bethel members and presumably Reverend Freeman S. Stevens attending the church's Ground Breaking Service, images of the Bethel building located at 1972 North Fair Oaks Avenue in Pasadena, California, and the 1970 National Baptist Convention in Shreveport, Louisiana. Other photographs depict members of Bethel's 9:00 O' Clock Men's Club, a large gathering of several Masonic organizations outside of a Masonic Grand Lodge in California, the men and women of the Silver Leaf Chapter No. 7 Order of the Eastern Star, two portraits of Chapter No. 7 treasurer Louise T. Butler at the King Solomon Lodge No. 10, and one photograph of the July 15, 1964 Grand Chapter Order of the Eastern Star Grand Session at the El Cortez Hotel Banquet Room in San Diego, California. Also within the collection is one black and white image of a well-dressed African American man posing on a rooftop patio, the verso reads "Mr. Kincaid". The majority of images include descriptive information on the verso.
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Bethel Baptist Church Ground Breaking Service
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The collection spans approximately 1954 through 1970 and includes one program from the September 8, 1963 Bethel Baptist Church Ground Breaking Service and 18 black-and-white photographs (8 x 10 inches) of Bethel, Freemason, and Order of the Eastern Star members and events. This includes images of the Bethel members and presumably Reverend Freeman S. Stevens attending the church's Ground Breaking Service, images of the Bethel building located at 1972 North Fair Oaks Avenue in Pasadena, California, and the 1970 National Baptist Convention in Shreveport, Louisiana. Other photographs depict members of Bethel's 9:00 O' Clock Men's Club, a large gathering of several Masonic organizations outside of a Masonic Grand Lodge in California, the men and women of the Silver Leaf Chapter No. 7 Order of the Eastern Star, two portraits of Chapter No. 7 treasurer Louise T. Butler at the King Solomon Lodge No. 10, and one photograph of the July 15, 1964 Grand Chapter Order of the Eastern Star Grand Session at the El Cortez Hotel Banquet Room in San Diego, California. Also within the collection is one black and white image of a well-dressed African American man posing on a rooftop patio, the verso reads "Mr. Kincaid". The majority of images include descriptive information on the verso.
photCL 696
Eastern Star Home, 11725 Sunset, Brentwood, Los Angeles. March 30, 1932
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A panoramic street view of the Eastern Star Home, located at 11725 Sunset, Brentwood, Los Angeles. This Spanish colonial revival building was designed by William R. Mooser and finished in 1931, when it was used as a retirement home for people connected to the Order of the Eastern Star. There is a flagpole on the far left flying flags of the United States and the Order of the Eastern Star.
photCL 470 (130)
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Photographs of Pasadena, California
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Consists of nine photographs. photPF 370 contains two cuttings from the Pasadena Star News depicting the intersection of Marengo and Colorado streets, in 1885(?) and 1925(?). These images are also accompanied by annotations and a short handwritten account of land pricing at this intersection in the 1880s. Other subjects include the former Villa Street Reservoir, various floats from the 1900(?) Rose Parade, a chariot race in Tournament Park, and a photo fo an unidentified man by the falls in Eaton Canyon.
photPF 370-379
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Portrait photographs of African Americans
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A group of nine photographs of unidentified African American men, women, and children, mostly studio portraits taken between approximately 1888 and 1910. One photograph of a young man and woman dates to the 1930s and has been made into a metal button. Three card photographs have photographer's imprints from Mt. Vernon, Ohio; Jersey City, New Jersey; and Philadelphia. There is also a photographic postcard and a double-sided stereograph, possibly from the early 1900s, with images of a Black couple on a swing on one side, and a group of Black children playing marbles on the other side, with stereotypical language in the printed captions.
photCL 665
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Portrait photographs of African Americans
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A group of nine photographs of unidentified African American men, women, and children, mostly studio portraits taken between approximately 1888 and 1910. One photograph of a young man and woman dates to the 1930s and has been made into a metal button. Three card photographs have photographer's imprints from Mt. Vernon, Ohio; Jersey City, New Jersey; and Philadelphia. There is also a photographic postcard and a double-sided stereograph, possibly from the early 1900s, with images of a Black couple on a swing on one side, and a group of Black children playing marbles on the other side, with stereotypical language in the printed captions.
photCL 665