Emile Vandervelde was a Belgian socialist politician. Nicknamed "the boss", Vandervelde was a leading figure in the Belgian Labour Party and in international socialism.
Vandervelde, pictured in 1919
Vandervelde in Locarno, 1925 Autochrome by Roger Dumas
The Grand Orient of Belgium is a Belgian cupola of masonic lodges which is only accessible for men, and works in the basic three symbolic degrees of freemasonry.
Interior of the Les Amis Philanthropes temple in Brussels