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Photographs of African American religious and masonic life in Pasadena, California
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The collection spans approximately 1954 through 1970 and includes one program from the September 8, 1963 Bethel Baptist Church Ground Breaking Service and 18 black-and-white photographs (8 x 10 inches) of Bethel, Freemason, and Order of the Eastern Star members and events. This includes images of the Bethel members and presumably Reverend Freeman S. Stevens attending the church's Ground Breaking Service, images of the Bethel building located at 1972 North Fair Oaks Avenue in Pasadena, California, and the 1970 National Baptist Convention in Shreveport, Louisiana. Other photographs depict members of Bethel's 9:00 O' Clock Men's Club, a large gathering of several Masonic organizations outside of a Masonic Grand Lodge in California, the men and women of the Silver Leaf Chapter No. 7 Order of the Eastern Star, two portraits of Chapter No. 7 treasurer Louise T. Butler at the King Solomon Lodge No. 10, and one photograph of the July 15, 1964 Grand Chapter Order of the Eastern Star Grand Session at the El Cortez Hotel Banquet Room in San Diego, California. Also within the collection is one black and white image of a well-dressed African American man posing on a rooftop patio, the verso reads "Mr. Kincaid". The majority of images include descriptive information on the verso.
photCL 696
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Bethel Baptist Church Ground Breaking Service
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The collection spans approximately 1954 through 1970 and includes one program from the September 8, 1963 Bethel Baptist Church Ground Breaking Service and 18 black-and-white photographs (8 x 10 inches) of Bethel, Freemason, and Order of the Eastern Star members and events. This includes images of the Bethel members and presumably Reverend Freeman S. Stevens attending the church's Ground Breaking Service, images of the Bethel building located at 1972 North Fair Oaks Avenue in Pasadena, California, and the 1970 National Baptist Convention in Shreveport, Louisiana. Other photographs depict members of Bethel's 9:00 O' Clock Men's Club, a large gathering of several Masonic organizations outside of a Masonic Grand Lodge in California, the men and women of the Silver Leaf Chapter No. 7 Order of the Eastern Star, two portraits of Chapter No. 7 treasurer Louise T. Butler at the King Solomon Lodge No. 10, and one photograph of the July 15, 1964 Grand Chapter Order of the Eastern Star Grand Session at the El Cortez Hotel Banquet Room in San Diego, California. Also within the collection is one black and white image of a well-dressed African American man posing on a rooftop patio, the verso reads "Mr. Kincaid". The majority of images include descriptive information on the verso.
photCL 696

Eastern Star Home, 11725 Sunset, Brentwood, Los Angeles. March 30, 1932
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A panoramic street view of the Eastern Star Home, located at 11725 Sunset, Brentwood, Los Angeles. This Spanish colonial revival building was designed by William R. Mooser and finished in 1931, when it was used as a retirement home for people connected to the Order of the Eastern Star. There is a flagpole on the far left flying flags of the United States and the Order of the Eastern Star.
photCL 470 (130)

Luncheon and Ground Breaking for Newporter Inn
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Luncheon and Ground Breaking for Newporter Inn - [with 7 variants (120 film)]
photCL SCE 06 - 71691

Ground breaking ceremony and for Sylmar Substation with Mr. Gould
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[Ground breaking ceremony and for Sylmar Substation with Mr. Gould] [with 23 variants]
photCL SCE 06 - 72361

Group of men in suits breaking ground on a project
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Group of men in suits breaking ground on a project. [with 5 variants]
photCL SCE 06 - 71782