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Image of Knights Templar marching in Easter parade, Seattle, March 24, 1940
2000.107.170.28.03
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Knights Templar marching in Easter parade, Seattle, March 24, 1940

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In this image members of the Seattle Knights Templar wearing full uniform parade from the Masonic Temple on Harvard Avenue and East Pine Street towards First Methodist Church for their annual Easter service. Here they cross Spring Street, heading south on Fifth Avenue. Named after the famed medieval crusaders, in modern times the Knights Templar is the highest of the Chivalric Orders of Freemasonry.

Signs in image: Music Box; 5th Avenue Theatre; Spring Service Grocery; Hotel Governor; First Class Hand Laundry

Caption information source: The Seattle Sunday Times, March 17, 1940, page 9
Caption information also derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number: 2000.107.170.28.03
Date: 1940
Creator(s): Brown, Paul Joseph, Photographer
Physical Description: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 7.5 x 9.5 in.
Additional Information: Digital copy of this item available thanks to funding from a 2016 Institute for Museum and Library Services grant.
Credit: MOHAI, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, 2000.107.170.28.03, photo by Paul Joseph Brown
Copyright: All Rights Reserved
Subjects: Performing Arts and Music, Clubs and Organizations

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