About This Item


  • TitleShriners chief on visit.
  • Call NumberCLUB_0513
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "Shriners chief on visit--Hubert M. Poteat of Wake Forest, N. C., center, Imperial Potentate of Shriners of North America, gets joint handclasp of greeting from Imperial Recorder George M. Saunders, left, and John f. Weigand, Potentate of Kismet Temple, on his official visit to temple, 92 Herkimer St., to initiate class of 80 into the order."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Inscribed on verso: "Photo by C. E. McNamara." Stamped on verso: date: Mar. 13, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorMcNamara, C. E.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAncient Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America ; Clubs -- New York (State) -- New York ; Shaking hands [lctgm] ; Freemasons -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.