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Fraternal Group Portrait of Modern Woodmen of America Greenwood Camp Number 247
1908-1912
Schroeter Studio
USA: Kentucky, Green River
Photograph mounted on board
Overall: 7-7/8"h x 9-7/8"w
Museum Purchase
2003.022.2

Sepia-tone photograph of Modern Woodmen of American axe drill team; a 46-star American flag is draped behind the second row, and a man in the second row is holding a banner that reads: "Green Wood Camp / No 247 / W W / Delaw[are] / KY." Embossed in photo mat, lower right: "Schroeter / Green River KY."


For further information, see Tabbert, Mark A., "American Freemasons: Three Centuries of Building Communities", 2005, p.119 AND blog post, March 13, 2012 http://nationalheritagemuseum.typepad.com/library_and_archives/2012/03/last-spring-the-scottish-rite-masonic-museum-library-received-an-american-heritage-preservation-grant-of-almost-3000-from.html