Art, Symbol & Imagination
George Washington Masonic Memorial, Alexandria
A monumental tower rises in diminishing stages above a long low building with a pillared entrance. The caption identifies the memorial at Alexandria, Virginia, and gives its dedication year as 1932.
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Photographer not identified. "George Washington Masonic Memorial, Alexandria" [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 133. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0493-0132
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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. George Washington Masonic Memorial, Alexandria. The Book of Boumi and Story of the Mystic Shrine. Scan leaf 133. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0493-0132