Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Grand United Order of Odd Fellows Chart
1881
Currier & Ives
USA: New York, New York City
Colored lithograph on paper mounted on board
overall: 17-1/2"h x 12-1/2"w
Special Acquisitions Fund
80.9.1

Grand United Independent Order of Odd Fellows colored chart; numerous symbols including all-seeing eye, "IN GOD WE TRUST", three entwined links, dove, moon and stars, Bible, Faith, Hope and Charity, lamb, encampment, beehive, lion, skull and crossbones, clasped hands, ark, globes at lower left and lower right, etc.; along the bottom are two groups of black men, one is a pair of men shaking hands, the other is a group of three wearing top hats, and fraternal collars and aprons; beneath image reads "Published by Currier & Ives / Copyright 1881, by Currier & Ives, N.Y. / 115 Nassau St. New York / GRAND UNITED ORDER OF ODD-FELLOWS CHART."

For further information, see Blog post, June 9, 2015 http://nationalheritagemuseum.typepad.com/library_and_archives/2015/06/juneteenth-and-african-american-freemasonry.html