Magnifying glass for Stringer Grand Lodge from the studio of H.C. Anderson: Museum Object and Cultural History
Magnifying glass for Stringer Grand Lodge from the studio of H.C. Anderson: Date: 1950s - 1960s. Manufactured by: TagMaster, founded 1949. Owned by: Rev. Henry Clay Anderson, American, 1911 - 1998.
The object in the museum catalogue
A small, clear plastic magnifying glass with the printed words, "STRINGER GRAND LODGE F & A.M. P.H.A., MISS / WEBB GRAND HIGH COURT H.O.J., PHA," on the handle. The magnifying glass is still in its original plastic wrapper.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1950s - 1960s
- Manufactured by: TagMaster, founded 1949
- Owned by: Rev. Henry Clay Anderson, American, 1911 - 1998
- Subject of: Most Worshipful Stringer Grand Lodge of Freemasons, Prince Hall Affiliation, founded 1873
- Type: magnifying glasses
- Medium: plastic
- Dimensions: L x W: 6 3/16 x 1 1/2 x 1/8 in. (15.7 x 3.8 x 0.3 cm)
- Place collected: Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted: Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: American South
- Topic: Associations and institutions
- Topic: Civil Rights
- Topic: Communities
- Topic: Freemasonry
- Topic: Segregation
- Object number: 2007.1.8
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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