Lowell (Mass.)

Panorama photograph of members of the Municipal Employee's Union, Local 14265, of Lowell, Mass., at Willowdale, Ontario, Canada

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)

Panorama photograph of members of the Pythian Sisterhood, who were women relatives of Knights of Pythias. This organization had its own ritual and officers parallel with the Knights of Pythias. Photo taken at the Lowell High School

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)

Women sitting and standing in formal attire wearing badges of the secret sisterhood of the Independent Order of St. George, at Lowell, Mass., Oct. 1, 1919

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)

Families of the workers at Mass. Mohair Plush Co. Includes cars, signs, balloons, motorcycles, and band members. The photograph was taken at the plant in Lowell before the group departed for the outing at Norumbega Park, Auburndale, Mass.

Families of the workers at Mass. Mohair Plush Co. (located in Lowell, Mass.) at Norumbega Park, Auburndale, Mass. at their outing