American Odd Fellows Founded in Baltimore in 1819
Signed at lower right: L. H. Pendleton
The OOF was inspired by its English predecessor, The Ancient Order of the Society of Odd Fellows, founded in London in the 17th century.
The I.O.O.F. birth in the United States, is resultant of a few men that responded to an ad in the Baltimore American newspaper by an outgoing British American blacksmith Thomas Wildey and two friends who similarly missed the fraternal companionship. The ad announced the meeting which would be at 7 pm on April 2, 1819, at the Seven Stars Tavern located on the south side of Second Street (now Water Street), between Frederick St. and what was then called Market Place, where Baltimore City Community College now stands. On April 26, 1819, they instituted the American Odd Fellows at Washington Lodge Number 1 in a house at South Frederick St and elected Wildey as their Noble Grand. In February 1820, admittance was granted by decree into the Independent Order of Odd Fellowship in England.
The composition was likely painted by a member of the lodge [L. H. Pendleton].
Item Date: 19th Century
Measurement: Overall: 41.5" x 51.5"
Material: Oil on canvas
Item Condition: The frame is modern
Price: $3,400
SKU 1359-29
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