Title:
Temple of Scottish Rite, Washington, D.C.
Object ID:
2008.2.167
Object Name:
Postcard
Collection:
Alsa Chester Howard Postcard Collection
Date:
10/5/1914
Creator:
Allen Walters
VE Exhibit Label 1:
Front: Color image of a Masonic temple in Washington, D.C.
Back of card:
Postmarked: WASHINGTON, D.C. OCT 5, 1914 6:30 PM
Typed description:
"The magnificent White Stone Temple of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Free Masonry at Sixteenth and S Streets N.W., Washington, D.C., was built at a cost of $1,250,000.00 and is the most beautiful Masonic Temple in the World. The main floor contains thirty—three rooms, symbolic of the thirty—three states which compose the Southern jurisdiction of the rite. Administrative offices are on the second floor. The third floor is devoted to the Cathedral, seventy—five feet square, which, with its interior decorations, is one of the most beautiful chambers in the world."
Transcription:
"Dear Alsa: Do you want any more of these? I noticed this one at Ham(?) Adams. Hope everything is flourish with you. Best wishes Friend Allen (Walter) All well."
(To:)
"Sergeant Alsa C. Howard, Co "K" Eng. Bat. Fort Mills, P. I."
Back of card:
Postmarked: WASHINGTON, D.C. OCT 5, 1914 6:30 PM
Typed description:
"The magnificent White Stone Temple of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Free Masonry at Sixteenth and S Streets N.W., Washington, D.C., was built at a cost of $1,250,000.00 and is the most beautiful Masonic Temple in the World. The main floor contains thirty—three rooms, symbolic of the thirty—three states which compose the Southern jurisdiction of the rite. Administrative offices are on the second floor. The third floor is devoted to the Cathedral, seventy—five feet square, which, with its interior decorations, is one of the most beautiful chambers in the world."
Transcription:
"Dear Alsa: Do you want any more of these? I noticed this one at Ham(?) Adams. Hope everything is flourish with you. Best wishes Friend Allen (Walter) All well."
(To:)
"Sergeant Alsa C. Howard, Co "K" Eng. Bat. Fort Mills, P. I."
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Temple of Scottish Rite, Washington, D.C.
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Temple of Scottish Rite, Washington, D.C.
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