Photo Hit! George Lafayette Mason

One primary source uncovered. One more than previously uncovered! Today's search at Find A Grave brought up the original listing of George Lafayette Mason's grave mentioned in the Facebook post.

This profile mentions the interchangeable electric display apparatus.

"George Lafayette Mason was educated.as an attorney, but he was also a successful.business.man (sic) and inventor. He is credited with inventing the first electric letters."

The Find A Grave profile is now secured with the Internet Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20251214215003/https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/166253606/george_lafayette-mason along with his sister Mary Elizabeth "Miss Mollie" Mason's https://web.archive.org/web/20251214214951/https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/166253730/mary_elizabeth-mason

George Lafayette Mason Sr. photo added LWRhoads 2024_07_26

Mary Elizabeth "Miss Mollie" Mason Big Photo added LWRhoads 2024_26_2024

And there's a new lead with the person credited with uploading the photo July 26, 2024, LWRhoads. It'd be great to discover where this photo came from. Family collection?