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Masonic Grand Commandery Knights Templar of Connecticut
May 20, 1982
Maker not marked; Kodak
USA: Connecticut (likely)
Photograph on paper
16"h x 20"w x 1/8"d
Gift of Richard V. Travis
2020.038.9

Masonic Grand Commandery Knights Templar of Connecticut. Ascension Day Service, May 20, 1982, First Presbyterian Church, Fairfield, Connecticut. Color photograph shows sixteen men standing on steps outside a building: Wayne N. Saunders, Past Commander, Hamilton Commandery No. 5; Louis J. Kluntz, Right Eminent Grand Recorder; Gilbert L. Gooden, Grand Sword Bearer; George R. Schenk, Right Eminent Past Grand Commander; Richard V. Travis, Aide to the Grand Commander; William D. Geesey, Right Eminent Northeast Department Commander; Glenn H. Burdick, Grand Warder; Kenneth B. Gray, Right Eminent Past Grand Commander; John E. Foster, Deputy Grand Commander; Leonard F. D'Amico, Right Eminent Grand Commander; William F. Orrell, Past Commander, Hamilton Commandery No. 5; Harold I. Fransen, Grand Generalissimo; Robert P. Frailey, Right Eminent Grand Treasurer; George T. Antous, Right Eminent Past Grand Commander; Gail Nelson Smith, Grand Senior Warder; Marshall N. Dunbar, Past Commander, Hamilton Commandery No. 5. Men wear black suits and shoes, and most have jewels and badges on their jackets; some have shoulder boards and/or cords; front two men, standing on brick landing, are wearing rope collars: shorter man (Leonard F. D'Amico) wears red collar, and taller man (William D. Geesey) wears purple collar. On reverse, stamped in red ink at center, "[illeg. text in upper PR corner] / K / SEP 82 / [Kodak logo and "Kodak" on PL side]".