Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Photograph of the Tau Omega Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity
1950s
Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A black and white photograph of eighteen graduate chapter members of the Tau Omega Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. All eighteen men in the photograph are wearing suits and ties. Eight members are seated behind a table and ten members are standing directly behind them. Waldo C. Falkener, Sr. is seated second from the left. In front of the table is a large dark, placard, the Tau Omega Chapter, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity emblem is partially visible. The placard is a heraldic shaped shield bordered in light paint with light colored dots between the border and the edge. In the center of the placard are the Greek letters [O?F] below a five-point star painted in a light color. There are no inscriptions or marks, front or back.
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Catalog reference: 2014.94.17
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