Seven men standing and seated around table at which one man is seated, signing a contract. Written on photo front: "1921, Oct. 10, 263, The Building Committee of the Masonic Temple Association of Detroit, Michigan, in the act of signing the contract for the construction of the new Temple, corner of Second Boulevard and Temple Avenue, October 10, 1921, Jesse D. Stoddard, Lewis G. Gorton, George D. Mason, Architect, Frank E. Fisher, Fred A. Cook, Wm. Van Sickle, Joseph S. Stringham, W. G. Russell, steel contractor."