[Texas Photographica]:

$250 · Offered by William Reese Company · No longer available

NOVICES ALZAFAR TEMPLE - A.A.O.N.M.S. - SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS - NOVEMBER, 1929 [title captioned in the negative]. A whimsical panoramic photograph featuring the members of the San Antonio temple of the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, also known as Shriners. Here, the members of the 1929 order stand for a group photograph, many of them in their official Shriner's uniforms. Most notable among these is perhaps the man in a Shriner's cap at middle-left, holding a leashed and muzzled black bear cub. The photograph was produced by the legendary and prolific San Antonio-based photographer E.O. Goldbeck. Goldbeck's panoramas are uncommon in both the trade and in institutions.

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