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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bosko69, post: 10585535, member: 16283&quot;]I try to stay away from exclamation marks in captions-but &#039;!&#039;. My Lady just found this yesterday-it&#039;s a 7 1/2&quot; by 9 1/2&quot; original photographic print of African-American Masons standing on the steps of what is identified (reverse) as-&#039;Club Dumas...Tues noon&#039;. </p><p>The only specific mention online I&#039;ve found is of a Club Dumas -a Black Jazz Club opened 1918 in Seattle,WA. Alexander Dumas authored The Count of Monte Cristo &amp; Three Musketeers.Dumas was mixed-race, with African ancestry and he was a lifelong Freemason (curious ?).</p><p>The inscription on 8 of 9 of the Masonic caps (fezzes) says- &#039;Menelik&#039;, the nearest &#039;Menelik Temple&#039; related to Black Freemasonry (&#039;Prince Hall Masons&#039;) is located in Oakland,CA.The Mason in the dead center (floppy cap) has different letters on his fez-&#039;...SMAL&#039; (Seattle Chapter ?). </p><p>In the 1920&#039;s a train trip between Oakland and Seattle would&#039;ve been fairly easy.</p><p>PS-Any new info info or just speculation on the exact who,where and when of this scene would be greatly appreciated. Big thanks for looking !</p><p>[ATTACH=full]531004[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]531005[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]531006[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]531007[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]531008[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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