Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Civil War Soldier Wearing Masonic Pin
1860-1865
M.J. Powers; Whitehurst Gallery
USA: Washington, D.C.
Photograph on paper mounted on board
Overall: 4" h x 2 3/8" w
Gift of Jacques Noel Jacobsen, Jr.
2009.021.11

Carte-de-visite sepia-tone photograph of unidentified man. He has dark hair and a mustache. He is seated next to a table and rests one arm on the table. Subject wears a dark military coat with sergeant's chevrons on the sleeves. He also wears a dark vest, light pants with a dark stripes down the side and a white shirt. Pinned to his vest is a Masonic square and compasses. Printed on the back is the maker's name, "Whitehurst / Gallery / 434 Pennsylvania Avenue / Washington, D.C. / M.J. Powers / Photographer."