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Royal Arch Mason Wearing Sash and Apron
1860-1863
[Culber] Culver Brothers; Hodges
USA: Vermont, White River Junction
Photograph on paper mounted on board
overall: 4"h x 2-1/2"w
Gift in Memory of Jacques Noel Jacobsen
2008.038.52

Sepia-toned Masonic carte-de-visite photograph. Full length portrait of man standing with legs crossed and one hand on waist. His face is turned to his right. The man is wearing a dark patterned coat, black pants and vest with a windowpane pattern, white shirt, dark shoes, and Masonic sash and apron. The sash is dark (likely red), with a white border and a rosette near the top. The apron is white, with pleated ribbon the flap and the bottom edge, and various Masonic symbols related to the Royal Arch. The man is resting his right arm on top of a chair made from tree branches. On the back there are some remnants of paper and glue. Handwritten on the back in pencil is "Royal Arch Mason / O Note beautiful / apron c 1860-63." Printed in black on the back is "Culber Brothers, / White River Junction, / Vermont. / Hodges,.. Photographer."


Taken in White River Junction, Vermont, this image portrays a man wearing Royal Arch regalia—an apron and sash—over his street clothes, a plaid suit and coat. The apron, adorned with a printed design and edged with ribbon, was likely made and sold by Abner W. Pollard, a merchant tailor and regalia supplier who worked in Boston.



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