Sir George Williams in court dress on receiving knighthood
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A lantern slide of a painting of YMCA founder Sir George Williams in court dress on receiving knighthood in 1894. The slide was created by Jonathan A. Rawson. Williams was knighted by Queen Victoria on the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Young Men's Christian Association. To learn more about Sir George Williams, see: https://springfield.as.atlas-sys.com/agents/people/713. This lantern slide is part of a series of eight slides that appear to be on YMCA history, mostly concerning George Williams. The series includes LS-06-01, LS-06-02, LS-06-03, LS-06-04, LS-06-05, LS-06-06, LS-06-07, and LS-06-08. Most of the series was created by Jonathan A. Rawson Jr. (347 Madison Ave., New York City), except LS-06-05 which was created by Scott Studios, (Scott Studios, 24 E. 55th St., New York City). Several of these images were reprinted in the October, 1921 issue of Association Men (Student Edition).
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