• Collection ID DN-0085381
  • Creator Names Chicago Daily News, Inc., photographer.
  • Title [Shriners wearing uniforms, playing musical instruments, standing and sitting on the rear platform of a passenger train car] [graphic].
  • Dates 1928.
  • Physical description 1 negative : b&w, glass ; 4 x 5 in.
  • Access and usage restrictions Restriction: Original negatives are fragile and not available to researchers. Please consult the on-line image instead.
  • Collection summary Group portrait of a group of men, members of the Shriners, wearing uniforms and playing horns, a violin, an accordion and other instruments, standing on the rear platform of a passenger train car and sitting on the railing of the rear platform in a railroad station in Chicago, Illinois. A railroad worker and men wearing suits are visible on the train platform on the left side of the image. Text on a sign on the platform railing reads: Medinah Temple Chicago. Text on image reads: Shriners going to Florida.
  • Terms Governing Use and Reproduction This image is supplied for reference purposes only. All other uses are restricted. To acquire copies or permission for use, contact the Chicago Historical Society, Rights and Reproductions Department, 1601 N. Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60614.
  • Names
    • Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America
    • Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America. Medinah Temple (Chicago, Ill.)
  • Subjects
    • Freemasons Illinois Chicago 1920-1929.
    • Bands (Music) Illinois Chicago 1920-1929. lctgm
    • Railroad stations Illinois Chicago 1920-1929. lctgm
  • Geographic coverage Chicago (Ill.) 1920-1929.
  • Genre
    • Group portraits. gmgpc
    • Dry plate negatives. gmgpc
    • Gelatin dry plate negatives. aat
  • Geographic name United States Illinois Cook County Chicago.
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