Russell, George H., b. 1871

View of women and some men in formal dress, Lowell, Massachusetts. Dated April 12, 1928. Members of the Order of the Amaranth must first be a member of the Order of the Eastern Star or a Master Mason to join. The Order of the Amaranth was a benevolent and social society, with rituals based on the lives of several characters in the New Testament. (Stevens, Cyclopedia of Fraternities, p. 97-98)

View of men and women in formal dress, Lowell, Massachusetts. Dated April 25, 1928. The United Order of Golden Cross is a mutual assessment beneficiary society organized by Freemasons, to benefit men and women who abstained from alcoholic beverages. The organization provides care for members in sickness and distress, and life insurance. (Stevens, Cyclopedia of Fraternities, p.412)

View of group of men in formal dress. Located in Lowell, Massachusetts. No date is given. Knights of Pythias is one of largest and most influential secret societies in America. Its purpose was charitable and benevolent. It was founded at the close of the Civil War. (Stevens, Cyclopedia of Fraternities, p.263-266)

View of women in formal dress, some sitting and some standing. The Daughters of St. George was founded in Scranton, Pennsylvania, in 1871 as an ethnic fraternal benefit society for women of English descent residing in U.S. and relatives of members of the Order of the Sons of St. George. The organization provided sick and death benefits to members, as well as social activities. Lowell, Massachusetts, dated October 1, 1919. (Preuss. Dictionary of Secret and Other Societies, p.105)

Panorama photograph of a view from the Merrimack River of textile mills in downtown Lowell