A portrait photograph collage of the Constituent Members of the First General Secretaries Conference of the YMCA in 1871. Featured in the photograph are (top row L to R) J.G. Jenkins, T.J. Wilkie, Alfred Sandham, (middle row L to R) L.P. Rowland, E.W. Chase, J.B. Brant, S.V. Dorland, Robert McBurney, (bottom row L to R) Lang Sheaf, J.D. Blake and Thomas.K. Cree. This image was published in the YMCA publication for 1891, page 144.
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The captions on the face of the photograph at the bottom reads, "The Constituent Members of the first General Secretaries Conference of the Y.M.C.A. organized on board the Steamer, en route for Mt. Vernon, from Washington Dist. of Columbia May 1871." An additional handwritten note on the verso reads, "Arranged by J. G. Jenkins Jan 1891."
