Art, Symbol & Imagination
Shrine Temples in Pittsburgh, Chicago, Richmond and Detroit
Four buildings range from a compact city block to a domed complex, twin-towered entrance and monumental street facade. Their captions name Syria in Pittsburgh, Medinah in Chicago, Acca in Richmond, and Detroit’s mosque and Masonic temple.
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Photographer not identified. "Shrine Temples in Pittsburgh, Chicago, Richmond and Detroit" [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 104. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0493-0103
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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. Shrine Temples in Pittsburgh, Chicago, Richmond and Detroit. The Book of Boumi and Story of the Mystic Shrine. Scan leaf 104. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0493-0103