Master mason certificate for Leroy Gilliard

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A Prince Hall Masons certificate declaring Leroy Gilliard of Gothic Lodge No. 212 has reached the degree of "MASTER MASON." The certificate has been pre-printed with an elaborate design and Mr. Gilliard's details completed by hand in black ink. The certificate design features a lot of masonic imagery and symbols. Across the top of the certificate is the Eye of Providence, with a sun to the left and a moon to the right. The words [To all Free and Accepted / PRINCE HALL / MASONS] appears in large decorative fonts in between two ivy-wrapped columns topped by spheres on either side of the certificate information. The columns sit atop a checkerboard floor, on either side of a set of stone steps.

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