Art, Symbol & Imagination
Facsimile of Boumi Temple’s Charter
A central text panel is surrounded by a tall pylon-like frame filled with small figures and symbols. The printed caption identifies a facsimile of Boumi Temple’s charter, with a seal reproduced beneath it.
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Photographer not identified. "Facsimile of Boumi Temple’s Charter" [editorial title]. In The Book of Boumi and Story of the Mystic Shrine, Raymond Sidney Tompkins; edited by Whitney W. Jones. Boumi Temple jubilee volume; copyright 1934, undated edition, Boumi Temple. Source scan leaf 32. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0493-0031
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
A historical image from an American fraternal organisation’s commemorative volume. Its theatrical desert imagery reflects the organisation’s period visual language.
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Photographer not identified. Facsimile of Boumi Temple’s Charter. The Book of Boumi and Story of the Mystic Shrine. Scan leaf 32. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0493-0031