Description: Vintage Galveston Texas El Mina Chapter Masonic Shriner FezVintage Masonic Temple Galveston Texas El Mina Chapter Shriner Fez Hat 1940s-1950s. Made by DTurin & Co. Embroidered and Jeweled Emblem on the Front Shriners were instructed to take great care of their fez because of its reflection on the organization. A 1924 program reads: Does the Shriner prize his fez? If he values it as value it he should, he will never take it where he would not take his own mother. Good Works. Galveston’s temple, called El Mina, held its first meeting July 2, 1902. Two years later the El Mina Shriner Band was founded to “put a little more of the “boom, boom” into the proceedings” as a May 1923 Galveston Tribune article put it. Paul Naschke, a well-known Galveston photographer, is credited with founding the band which made frequent appearances in parades and public events. By 1910 the group played in Havana, New Orleans, and Rochester, New York. The band remained popular for many years. As membership in El Mina grew, the group sought out a space of their own. In 1928 they purchased Ashton Villa, formerly the J.M. Brown residence, at 2328 Broadway for their temple. They made substantial changes to the building including tearing down the kitchen, building a ballroom, removing a wall on the second floor for a billiard room, and removing walls on the third floor for a band rehearsal hall. In 1970 it was taken over by the Galveston Historical Foundation who opened it to the public four years later.
Price: 89.99 USD
Location: Galveston, Texas
End Time: 2025-01-26T20:06:04.000Z
Shipping Cost: N/A USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Organization 2: Shriners
Manufactorer: D Turin & Co Florida
Organization: Masonic, Freemasonry
Temple Name: El Mina
Year: 1940s-1950s
Signed: No
Temple Location: Galveston, Texas
Featured Refinements: Shriner Collectible
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Modified Item: No
California Prop 65 Warning: Unknown
