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Grand Lodge of I[ndependent].O[rder].[of] G[ood].T[emplars]. as Photographed at Thousand Island Park, River St. Lawrence Aug. 28, 1879
1879
A. C. McIntyre
USA: New York, Alexandria Bay
Photograph on paper applied to board
11 x 14 in.
Special Acquisitions Fund
82.3.2

Sepia-tone photograph of group of Independent Order of Good Templars at Thousand Island Park, River St. Lawrence; reads below image "Grand Lodge of I.O.G.T. as Photographed at Thousand Island Park, River St. Lawrence Aug. 28, 1879./ A. C. McINTYRE, Photo., Alexandria Bay, N.Y."; scene shows rows of men and women wearing regalia, in front of building reading "Sanitarium 1879"; printed label on reverse reads "Scenery among the Thousand Islands on the River St. Lawrence / From Photographic studio / Alexandria Bay, N.Y. and Thousand Island Park / A.C. McIntyre Artist"; with additional text describing Thousand Island park..."

A temperance organization for men and women, the International Order of Good Templars was founded in Utica, New York in 1850 as the "Knights of Jericho". The following year it changed its name to the International Order of Good Templars.