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Masonic Officers of Azure Lodge
1950
A.Q. Vogel
USA: New Jersey, Cranford
Photograph on paper
7 3/4" h x 9 3/4" w
Gift of Carole Collins Slattery
2009.034.1

Black and white photograph of a group of Masonic lodge officers in a lodge room. The men are arranged in two rows; all stand. All men wear dark tuxedos or suits (jacket and pants) with a white (or light-colored) shirt. Most of the men wear black bowties; the one on the far right in the second row wears a regular tie. The men in the front row wear Masonic aprons. All of the men wear Masonic collars with their jewel of office. The man at the center of the front row wears a top hat and a Master's jewel. The front row stands in front of a set of two steps; the back row stands on the first step. Torchiere style lamps are visible at the sides. Behind the men are dark stage curtains. A square and compasses symbol with G is visible at the lower right corner. On the back is a stamp with the photographer's name, "A.Q. Vogel / 602 Orchard St. / Cranford, N.J."


The Master (wearing the top hat) is Harold "Pappy" Hansen. The donor's father, Cecil Collins, stands to Hansen's left. Cecil Collins was born on November 23, 1900 in Dunmore, PA. He studied carpentry at the Williamson Trade School outside of Philadelphia. He married Eliza Cramer in 1924 and the couple had two daughters. During the Depression, he found a job at the General Motors Plant in Linden, NJ. He started in the Maintenance Department and rose to Superintendent. He died in 1979.