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Masonic Rainbow Girls Electrified Signet [lamp]
1930-1960
Maker not marked
USA
Wood, glass, metal
overall: 51-3/4"h x 30"w x 10-1/2" (at base)
Gift of Frank W. Thompson Lodge A.F. & A.M., Bedford, Massachusetts
2012.073.1

Masonic Rainbow Girls electrified signet. Wooden pedestal base. Rainbow shaped top with rainbow colors and initials "B F C L R" (for Bible, Flag, Constitution, Lampbskin, Rainbow). The R is in a triangle. Below the rainbow is a pair of clasped hands. Cord and switch box attached.


Fraternal regalia companies such as M.C. Lilley and C.E. Ward manufactured and sold electrified signs, or signets, starting in the late 1920s. These signs helped illustrate symbols so that members could learn how they were used. The different colors and symbols in this Rainbow Girls signet could be lit up when the corresponding concepts were introduced during lectures. For further information, see blog post, June 6, 2017, http://nationalheritagemuseum.typepad.com/library_and_archives/2017/06/what-is-an-electrified-signet-.html



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