Photograph, Judge Lemuel Clarke McKeeby |
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| Title | Photograph, Judge Lemuel Clarke McKeeby |
| Creator | J.C. Brewster |
| Description | Portrait, one of two identical images: 3/4 profile of McKeeby, the grandfather of Bessie Bartlett Frankel, in formal attire. On the bottom of both photographs is the photographer's name and location, in gold lettering. Gelatin silver print, monochromatic. Written on the back of one photograph, in pencil, is "Past Master, Pentalpha Lodge, No 202, Los Angeles", referring to a local chapter of the Masonic Lodge. Also stamped on the back of both photographs is an advertisement for the photographer, J.C. Brewster, describing his photographic process. |
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Freemasonry--United States--Lodges Judges--United States--History Judges--California Men's clothing--United States--History--20th century California--History |
| Subject - Name | McKeeby, Lemuel Clarke, 1825-1913 |
| Geographic Location | Ventura (Calif.) |
| Publisher - Original | Brewster's Gallery, Ventura, California |
| Publisher - Digital | Ella Strong Denison Library; Claremont Colleges Digital Library |
| Notes | Lemuel C. McKeeby was born in 1825, in New York City, son of Edward McKeeby and Catharine Miller, both also from New York City. His great-grandfather was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He moved to Milwaukee, WI and in 1850 came to California to mine. He was at French Corral and Sebastopol principally and was the first to introduce rubber hoses for hydraulic mining at Sebastopol, Nevada County. Clarke's daughter, was Mrs. Mae Ann/Mary McKeeby Bartlett. Albert Bartlett and Mae Ann wed on Jan 19th, 1882 at Ventura, California. Their children were Bessie Herbert Frankel and Florence E. Pentalpha LODGE NO. 202, Los Angeles, became a fully chartered Masonic lodge in 1869. |
| Language | eng |
| Source | Bessie Bartlett Frankel Collection, Box 9, Folder 32 |
| Format - Original | Black and white photograph; 5 x 8.5 inches |
| Collection | Bessie Bartlett Frankel Collection of Travel and Early Los Angeles Music - http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p15831coll2 |
| Rights | For more information on copyright or permissions, please contact Ella Strong Denison Library at http://libraries.claremont.edu/denison. |
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| Format - Digital | image/jp2 |
| Object File Name | bbf00544 |
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