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Patent poster for Shand, Mason & Co
A patent poster for Shand, Mason & Co, fire engine makers and hydraulic engineers, advertising three types of firefighting equipment

LCC-LFB rear of a Shand Mason steam fire engine
The working end of the Shand Mason horse drawn steam fire engine, showing the detail of the steam driven fire pump

Shand Mason Bristol motor steam fire engine
This Shand Mason motor steam fire engine with independent pumping and propelling engines was developed later than Merryweathers Fire King self-propelled steam engine

Locomotive fitted with Shand Mason pump, WW2
A locomotive fitted with a Shand Mason pump helps to put out a fire at the Bricklayers Arms Goods Yard, Old Kent Road, SE London

NFS (London Region) blaze at Bricklayers Arms, WW2
Firefighters attacking a blaze at the Bricklayers Arms Goods Depot in the Old Kent Road, SE London, with two turntable ladders at work

CIVIL WAR: ATLANTA, 1864. Trout House, Masonic Hall, and Federal encampment on Decatur Street, Atlanta, Georgia, 1864. Photograph by George N. Barnard

CIVIL WAR: CARTOON, 1861. Emperor Napoleon III of France and John Bull as pawnbrokers receiving Confederate commissioners to France, John Slidell, and to England, James M. Mason

CIVIL WAR: TRENT AFFAIR. Confederate commissioners James M. Mason and John Slidell being brought onboard the USS San Jacinto from the English mail steamer Trent in the Bahama Channel

JAMES M. MASON (1798-1871). American lawyer and Confederate diplomat. Wood engraving, American, 19th century

CIVIL WAR: CARTOON, 1861. Captain Charles Wilkes of the USS San Jacinto apprehends the Confederate commissioners to England, James M

YOSEMITE: HUTCHINGS HOTEL. The Hutchings Hotel in Yosemite Valley, operated by James and Elvira Hutchings. Photograph, c1870

NEW YORK: POLICE STATION. Police officers bringing in an abandoned infant found in an alley in New York City. Steel engraving after a photograph by Oscar G. Mason, from Darkness and Light, 1892

CHRONICLE OF PERU, 1554. Page from Pedro Cieza de Leons Chronicle of Peru, Antwerp, 1554. The engraver obviously had not visited Peru

GEORGE MASON: RESIDENCE. Gunston Hall, residence of American politician George Mason (1725-1792), Virginia. Line engraving, 19th century

SCOTLAND: JEDBURGH ABBEY. View of the ruins of Jedburgh Abbey, in the border region of southeastern Scotland. Wood engraving, c1875

ORGAN AD, 1870. American advertisement for Mason & Hamlin Cabinet Organs, 1870

MASSACHUSETTS: FACTORY. View of the Mason Machine Works at Taunton, Massachusetts. Wood engraving, 1875

INK ADVERTISEMENT, 1848. American advertisement for Masons blacking and ink, 1848

MASONIC HALL, c1830. The Masonic temple in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Wood engraving, American, c1830

MASON WASP. A Mason wasp (Monobia quadridens)

JAMES M. MASON (1798-1871). American lawyer and Confederate diplomat. Color engraving, English, 1861

MEASURING & MARKING STONE. A mason measuring and marking stone with rulers and calipers prepatory to cutting. Line engraving, French, 18th century

MASONS AT WORK, c1865. Wood engraving, English, c1865

JAMES M. MASON (1798-1871). / nAmerican lawyer and Confederate diplomat. Wood engraving
JAMES M. MASON (1798-1871). /nAmerican lawyer and Confederate diplomat. Wood engraving, American, 19th century

MASON JAR. A one-quart mason jar. Wood engraving, 19th century

MASON LOCKE WEEMS (1759-1825). American cleric and writer

MASON AND DIXON. The English team of Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon surveying the boundary line between Pennsylvania and Maryland, which became known as Mason and Dixons line, 1763-1767

COLONIAL STONEMASON, 18th C. A colonial American stonemason: line engraving, late 18th century

GEORGE MASON (1725-1792). American planter and Revolutionary statesman. Colored engraving, American, 19th century

COLONIAL STONEMASON. A colonial American stonemason. Line engraving, late 18th century

MASON AND DIXON, 1763-67. The English team of Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon surveying the boundary line between Pennsylvania and Maryland, which became known as Mason and Dixons line, 1763-1767

Washington as a master Mason. Date c1870

Masonic register

Our brotherhood. Date c1885 Mar. 30

Masonic diploma. Date c1891 Feb. 22

Master mason

The York Rite
Initiation to the rank of Mark-Mason 1890s

Women in Freemasonry
A distinguished Mason accepts a female candidate into his Lodge with ritual procedures. Date: 1891

Female Mason - 2
Sister Isis-Felicitas (born Lyon 1863) initiated into the Val d Amour Lodge, now Chancery Mistress of Despatches in the Chapter Rose of Perfect Silence. Date: 1891

Female Mason - 3
Sister Truth-Mercy (born Paris 1861) initiated to the Friends of French Honour, elected as their Sovereign Inspectress. Date: 1891

Female Mason - 5
Sister Balkis de Molay (born Bordeaux 1849) Grand Introductory Expert of the Areopagus of the Chevalieres of the Dove. Date: 1891

Female Mason - 1
Sister Eva Dynamis (born Reims 1858) initiated into the Lien Maconnique lodge, currently Sovereign Grand Mistress in the Modern Adoptive Rite of the Grand Orient of France. Date: 1891

Female Mason - 4
Sister Frederic (born Cherbourg 1867) initiated into the Lodge of the Perfect Female Mason, dressed as Cupidon for a mysterious ritual. Date: 1891

Masonry Equipment 18th C
Equipment used by builders in the 18th century including cranes, saws, winches, scaffolding, etc. Date: Circa 1760

Baptism of Baby Mason
Baptism of a baby mason Date: 1890s

Stoneworkers Tools 18Th
Various tools including pickaxes, hammers and measuring instruments used by stoneworkers and masons in 18th century France. Date: Circa 1760

Zetland, Mason
The Earl of Zetland, the Most Worshipful Grand Master of the United Lodge of England, in his ceremonial garb and bedecked with medals Date: 1869

Charles Mason / Scholar
CHARLES MASON Scholar; Fellow of Trinity College and Woodwardian Professor in the University of Cambridge. Date: 1698 - 1770

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