Shriners International

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Shrine certificate for Shriner's Hospital for Crippled Children located in Newington, Connecticut. Frances Griswold Thomason is listed as a "Voluntary Permanent Subscriber." F. S. Griswold (of Wethersfield, Conn.) was a long-time subscriber to this hospital. Certificate has image of a child on crutches walking down the path to the Shrine hospital

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Certificate of Noble of the Mystic Shrine, issued by Aleppo Temple and given to Harvey B. Leggee on June 1, 1923, in Boston, Massachusetts. The certificate includes depictions of imagined Arabian life.

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A membership certificate issued by Cyprus Temple (Albany, N.Y.) to Herbert Spencer Evans, and dated March 30, 1928.

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Certificate from the Medinah Temple, Chicago, issued to Jesse Meade. It is dated May 28, 1886 and is signed by Jesse Meade.

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Certificate of Noble of the Mystic Shrine issued to Robert Herne by The Imperial Council of the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine For North America. The certificate, issued in Boston, MA, is written with black ink against a background of tan pictures of the Middle East and Egypt.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Ralph B. Duncan postcard collection consists of postcards with a Masonic connection, either a building used for Masonic purposes, a person connected to Freemasonry, or a subject concerning Freemasonry. Mostly made during 1907-1940s, there are some that are both earlier and later, which can be determined by changes in postcard conventions. Included are portraits, views of buildings, cartoons, among other subjects. Most of the postcards of buildings are in the United States, with some from...