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Theodore Roosevelt at Cornerstone Laying for Provincetown Pilgrim Monument
1907
Maker not marked
USA: Massachusetts (probably)
Photograph on paper mounted on board
board: 11"h x 14"w; photo: 8"h x 11"w
Loaned by the Grand Lodge of Masons in Massachusetts
GL2004.7560

Black and white photograph showing a group of men in top hats and Masonic aprons. Some of the men wear personal and Lodge jewels. In the foreground is a table under a tent with candlesticks, goblets, and other items. The photograph is mounted on gray cardboard. Handwritten in pencil on the back, "Theodore Roosevelt / laying cornerstone / Pilgrim Monument / Provincetown, Mass / Aug. 20, 1907."


For further information, see Newell, Aimee, et.al., "Curiosities of the Craft: Treasures from the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts Collection", 2013, p. 207.