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Grand Lodge of Massachusetts Officers Laying Cornerstone, Danvers, MA
1925
Maker not marked
USA: Massachusetts, Danvers
Photograph on paper on board
board: 11-3/4h x 13-3/4'w x 1/2"d
Loaned by the Grand Lodge of Masons in Massachusetts
GL2004.0528

Black and white photograph mounted on board showing group of Grand Lodge of Massachusetts Masons standing on platform with building in background. All men are wearing tuxedos with top hats and Masonic aprons and jewels. In center is Grand Master Dudley Ferrell wearing tri-corn hat; other officers include past grand maasters, and masters of lodges. In foreground is table with three chalices and other tools for ceremony. On back written in ink: "Laying Corner Stone - Danvers / Presented by Bro. Harry E. Jackson."

In 1925 Dudley Ferrell (1879-1932), the Grand Master of Massachusetts, helped lay the cornerstone for a new Masonic Temple in Danvers. Three hundred area Freemasons marked the occasion with a parade.