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Elks (Fraternal order)

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1868

Places

Found in 123 Collections and/or Records:

Silver foil elk head with a cross postcard, 1907-1909

 Item — Box 1
Identifier: A1994-026-002
Scope and Contents

Paperstock postcard with raised silver foil (TIN) depicting an elk head with a cross, pine cones, and leaves.

Dates: 1907-1909

Souvenir postcard book from the Elk's Convention, circa 1907

 Item — Box 1
Identifier: A1993-080-001
Scope and Contents Photolithograph depciting an elk head with an inset of a woman on the beach writing "faults" in the sand and two head stones that read "love" and "memory". B.P.O.E banner (stands for Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks) is in the bottom middle of the card with a clock that reads 11. The postcard has an undivided back. Inside the postcard are photolithographs of places of interest in Philadelphia. Such places include the Schmidt & Sons Brewing Company, Robert Smith Ale Brewing...
Dates: circa 1907

Special Excursion Fares to Chicago circular, 1926 May 01

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: A2016-084-001
Dates: 1926 May 01

The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks Charity, Justice, Brotherly Love, and Fidelity postcard, circa 1907

 Item — Box 1
Identifier: A1994-108-001
Content Description

Lithograph postcard of an Elks head with a clock that reads 11 surrounded in leaves. A banner runs through the entire postcard that reads "Charity, B.P.O.E, Justice, Brotherly Love, and Fidelity."

Dates: circa 1907

The Elks Club, Waterbury, Connecticut, 1929 September 16

 Item — Box 1
Identifier: A2025-058-001
Dates: 1929 September 16

Two Elks in Suits with Hats Greeting Each Other postcard, circa 1907

 Item — Box 1
Identifier: A1993-022-001
Scope and Contents

Lithograph of two cartoon elks dressed in suits with hats, shaking hoofs. They are greeting each other by saying "Hello, Bill!" At the bottom of the card it reads "B.P.O.E Convention, Philadelphia, 1907."

Dates: circa 1907

Two newspaper clipping photocopies and a booklet on the Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks, 1923-1988

 Item — Box 3, Folder: 1
Identifier: A2023-005-001
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of two newspaper clippings and a booklet. The constructed booklet has articles from the Christian Cynosure, an anti-masonic and fraternal newspaper, and the funeral service ritual of the Elks

Dates: 1923-1988

Westlake Park and Elks Club in Los Angeles, California, 1930-1945

 Item — Box 1
Identifier: A1995-014-039
Scope and Contents

Photolithograph from the linen era depicting Westlake park in which the Elks Club sits in Los Angeles, California. The lake is in the foregoround with trees. The gray/tan Elks club building sits in the background next to a gray/white building.

Dates: 1930-1945

Woman Sitting on Man's Lap with Elk Head in Background postcard, 1908

 Item — Box 1
Identifier: A1994-094-003
Scope and Contents

Color Lithograph Woman in pink dress sitting on man's lap with Elk head in the background and a grandfather clock pointing to 11. Short poem at the bottom of the card reads "Father calls him William/ Mother calls him Will/ The girls all call him Willie/ But an Elk says Hello Bill".

Dates: 1908