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DeMoulin Brothers (Firm)

 Organization

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Burlesque and Side Degree Paraphernalia Catalog, No. 256, 1915

 Item
Identifier: A1979-023
Scope and Contents

This catalog is not specific to a particular fraternal organization, but rather contains all sorts of tricks, practical jokes, and hazing tools for candidates and initiates. This includes things such as the electric carpet, deceptive glasses, trick guns, invisible paddle machine, costumes (some of which romanticizes and appropriate non-white cultural heritage by using stereotypes and/or caricatures), and more.

Dates: 1915

Burlesque and Side Degree Paraphernalia Catalog, No. 306, 1878-1907

 Item
Identifier: A1996-047-002
Scope and Contents

This catalog is not specific to a particular fraternal organization, but rather contains all sorts of tricks, practical jokes, and hazing tools for candidates and initiates. This includes things such as the electric carpet, deceptive glasses, trick guns, invisible paddle machine, costumes (some of which romanticize and appropriate non-white cultural heritage by using stereotypes and/or caricatures), and more.

Dates: undated

Catalogue, No. 22, for Modern Woodmen, circa 1899

 Item
Identifier: A1981-003-004
Scope and Contents

This catalog has vibrant color images of Modern Woodmen of America badges, sashes, and other black and white images of costumes, regalia, and more.

Dates: circa 1899

New Factory of DeMoulin Bros. & Co. in Greenville, Illinois, 1907-1914

 Item
Identifier: A1996-066-4616
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Ralph B. Duncan postcard collection consists of postcards with a Masonic connection, either a building used for Masonic purposes, a person connected to Freemasonry, or a subject concerning Freemasonry. Mostly made during 1907-1940s, there are some that are both earlier and later, which can be determined by changes in postcard conventions. Included are portraits, views of buildings, cartoons, among other subjects. Most of the postcards of buildings are in the United States, with some from...
Dates: 1907-1914