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Masons pay tribute to George Washington. Scottish Rite Masons attending sessions of Supreme Council, thirty-third degree of Scottish Rite, Southern jurisdiction, placed a wreath on the tomb of George Washington at Mt. Vernon yesterday. The Father of His country was a Master Mason. In the photograph, left to right: (center) ?.P. Cochran, grand chance, Supreme Council, beside gate; Ahmed Mouhtar Bey, Scottish Ambassador and a member of the Supreme Council in Turkey, with wreath; ... Pro, grand commander of the order's ... Council in Mexico; and Capt. John ... Grand Commander Supreme Council, Jurisdiction

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Masons pay tribute to George Washington. Scottish Rite Masons attending sessions of Supreme Council, thirty-third degree of Scottish Rite, Southern jurisdiction, placed a wreath on the tomb of George Washington at Mt. Vernon yesterday. The Father of His country was a Master Mason. In the photograph, left to right: (center) ?.P. Cochran, grand chance, Supreme Council, beside gate; Ahmed Mouhtar Bey, Scottish Ambassador and a member of the Supreme Council in Turkey, with wreath; ... Pro, grand commander of the order's ... Council in Mexico; and Capt. John ... Grand Commander Supreme Council, Jurisdiction

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A group of people standing in front of a building, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection

Title from unverified caption data on negative or negative sleeve.
On sleeve: Watch Your Credit Line.
Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955.
General information about the Harris & Ewing Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.hec
Temp. note: Batch seven.

The Harris & Ewing, Inc. Collection of photographic negatives includes glass and film negatives taken by Harris & Ewing, Inc., which provide excellent coverage of Washington people, events, and architecture, during the period 1905-1945. Harris & Ewing, Inc., gave its collection of negatives to the Library in 1955. The Library retained about 50,000 news photographs and 20,000 studio portraits of notable people. Approximately 28,000 negatives have been processed and are available online. (About 42,000 negatives still need to be indexed.)

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Date

01/01/1929
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Location

mount vernon
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Source

Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see Harris & Ewing Photographs - Rights and Restrictions Information http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/140_harr.html

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