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| Title | Book cover, Black Square and Compass: 200 Years of Prince Hall Freemasonry |
| Photographer | Richard Nicol |
| Notes | This rare book, entitled Black Square and Compass, 200 Years of Prince Hall Freemasonary, is by Joseph A. Wilkes, Jr., and held in the library of the Black Heritage Society of Washington State. The Prince Hall Masons were first organized in 1775 among free blacks in Boston, Massachusetts, and Seattle's Prince Hall Masons met in the lodge at 23rd Avenue and Madison Street. |
| Personal Names | Wilkes, Jr, Joseph A. |
| Location | United States--Washington (State)--King County; |
| Digital Collection | King County Museum Collections
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| Note About Ownership | This record describes one of more than three hundred artifacts, photographs and documents, submitted by members of the Association of King County Historical Organizations. The King County Collects project took place during the county's sesquicentennial in 2001, to celebrate the shared collection of AKCHO's 205 members. The information presented here is the responsibility of the AKCHO organization which submitted the item for inclusion in the project. |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or inquire about permissions, contact: TheBoard@blackheritagewa.org. Please cite the Image Number. |
| Credit Line | The Black Heritage Society of Washington State, Inc.; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | The Black Heritage Society of Washington State, Inc. |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | document |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from slide as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 16-bit color, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using CONTENTdm's image import. |
