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Elks (Fraternal order)

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Dates

  • Existence: 1868

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Found in 135 Collections and/or Records:

Membership card for Elks, 2001

 Item
Identifier: A2001-069-001
Scope and Contents

Membership card for Elks for Carrol E. McPhee

Dates: 2001
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library / Carroll Evan McPhee Masonic and fraternal collection, 1945-2001

New Elks Club Rooms in Danville, Illinois, 1911

 Item — Box 1
Identifier: A1995-014-051
Scope and Contents

Photolithograph of the exterior of the Elks club in Danville, Illinois. The building is brick with a white trim and large windows.

Dates: 1911
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library / Ralph B. Duncan fraternal postcard collection

Nineteenth Annual Reunion of the Elks in Buffalo, New York, postcard, 1905 July 13

 Item — Box 1
Identifier: A1995-016-006
Scope and Contents

Photolithograph postcard of the Elks reunion in Buffalo, New York. The postcard features a constructed arch as a mountain cliff, with several elks standing on it, placed in the middle of a city block. In the background is a domed building with a clock set to 11.

Dates: 1905 July 13
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Order of Elks informational postcard, 1915-1930

 Item — Box 1
Identifier: A1994-079-005
Scope and Contents

Paperstock postcard on which the history of the Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks and Columbus Lodge, No. 37, is printed

Dates: 1915-1930
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Panorama of Providence Lodge, No. 14, outing at Oakland Beach, 1921 August 10

 Item
Identifier: A2009-080-001
Scope and Contents

Panorama photograph of Providence Lodge No. 14, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and their Outing at Oakland Beach, August 10, 1921. It includes images of 150-200 Elks members in front of beach houses.

Dates: 1921 August 10
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Panorama photograph of Glendale Lodge, No. 1289, parade participants, 1915

 Item — Folder 1
Identifier: A2001-096-001
Scope and Contents Black and white panorama photograph of Glendale Lodge, No. 1289, participating in a patriotic parade in Los Angeles, CA, in 1915.The photograph shows men wearing white suits and panama hats, carrying parasols made from stars and stripes fabric. Inscribed in the white ink in the lower left corner is "No. 535 M.F.Weaver Box 1290 L.A." "Glendale 1289 B.P.O.E. Parade L.A. CAL. 1915" is inscribed in white ink in the lower center of the photograph. The verso shows a stamp: Bledsoe Photo Co., Los...
Dates: 1915
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Postcard with a Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks raised seal, 1901-1907

 Item — Box 1
Identifier: A1995-016-004
Scope and Contents

Paperstock postcard with gold raised seal of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks on the front of the postcard in the upper left.

Dates: 1901-1907
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Program for 16th Annual Ball held by New York Lodge, No. 1, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, 1883

 Item — Box 2: Series A2001-073-002, Folder: 1
Identifier: A2000-068-003
Dates: 1883
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Program for the Elks Street Fair and Carnival, 1902

 File
Identifier: A2006-006-001
Scope and Contents

Program to celebrate the Seattle Street Fair and Carninval, August 18-30, 1902, produced under "auspices of Seattle Lodge, No. 92". It contains illustrations of Elks Lodge interiors, and numerous advertisements for: Pall Mall cigarettes, Hemrich Bros. Beer, C. C. Berg Taxidermist and Furrier, Graham's Millinery, Cortez Cigars, Carnation Brand Sterilized Cream, Seattle-Tacoma Steamboat and more. Also includes a small pamphlet containing facts about Seattle.

Dates: 1902
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library / Masonic and fraternal collection, 1878-1925

S. Abeles & Co. Benevolent Protective Order of Elks advertisement postcard, circa 1902

 Item — Box 1
Identifier: A1994-079-003
Scope and Contents

Postcard has a raised elk with white and brown fur on it with an advertisement for "the best line of trimmed hats" at S. Abeles & Co. in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A banner with the abreviation "B.P.O.E" in purple is on the left.

Dates: circa 1902
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

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