<I>The Sub-Committee of Management and Counsel of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows (1907-1908)</I>
date: label: Date
content: January 16, 1908
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, American, founded 1843
label: Subject of
content: William Lepre Houston, American, 1870 - 1953
label: Subject of
content: Edward H. Morris, American, 1858 - 1943
label: Subject of
content: Louis N. Parker, American
label: Subject of
content: James Fields Needham, American, 1848 - 1936
label: Subject of
content: Benjamin Jefferson Davis Sr., American
label: Subject of
content: W. W. Lawrence, American
label: Subject of
content: Julius C. Johnson, American
label: Subject of
content: A. T. Shirley, American
label: Created by
content: Thomas P. Woodland, American
notes: label: Description
content: Photograph in mat and frame of [The Sub-Committee of Management and Counsel of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows (1907-1908)]. The photograph features five man standing in back and five men seated in front with their hands in their laps. From the label on the back of the photograph in printed text, the men are identified as [Seated from left to right: / Edward H. Morris, Counsel, Chicago, Illinois / Louis N. Parker, Deputy Grand Master, Little Rock, Arkansas / William L. Houston, Grand Master, Washington, D.C. / James F. Needham , Grand Secretary, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania / Benjamin J. Davis, Grand Treasurer, Atlanta, Georgia / Standing left to right: / W.W. Lawrence, Grand Director, New Bern, North Carolina / Julius C. Johnson, Grand Director, Jacksonville, Florida / A. T. Shirley, Grand Director, Herndon, Virginia / Thomas P. Woodland, Grand Director, New Orleans, Louisiana]. Houston is seated in the center in a more elaborate chair with scroll work decoration on the chair back and feet. All the men are wearing suit and ties except for the man seated on the left who is wearing a bow tie. The mat is white paper and has an inner border of ivory, brown, ivory, and white closest to the photograph.
place: label: Place made
content: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Associations and institutions
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Fraternal organizations
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Photography
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Charles Hamilton Houston, Jr. and Dr. Rosemary Jagus
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2018.59.1
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper with wood, glass and metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (in frame): 18 3/4 × 23 1/2 × 15/16 in. (47.6 × 59.7 × 2.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (photograph): 11 × 15 3/4 in. (27.9 × 40 cm)