Elks (Fraternal order)
Dates
- Existence: 1868
Places
- United States (Associated Country)
Found in 129 Collections and/or Records:
The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks Charity, Justice, Brotherly Love, and Fidelity postcard, circa 1907
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."
The Elks Club, Waterbury, Connecticut, 1929 September 16
Two Elks in Suits with Hats Greeting Each Other postcard, circa 1907
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."
Two newspaper clipping photocopies and a booklet on the Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks, 1923-1988
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
Westlake Park and Elks Club in Los Angeles, California, 1930-1945
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.
Woman Sitting on Man's Lap with Elk Head in Background postcard, 1908
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".
Woman with an egg and an Elk head postcard, 1906
Real photograph postcard with woman standing next to an Elk head. The woman is holding an egg and is in front of a clock that reads 11 with B.P.O.E above it. The text at the bottom of the photo reads "Is it good or bad?"
Women dressed for Elks 'Mawsim' Bazaar postcard, circa 1907
Photographic postcard of group of women dressed in East European clothes.
Yeon building at the 1912 Elks National Convention in Portland, Oregon, circa 1912
The postcard is a real photo of the Yeon building at the 1912 Elks National Convention in Portland, Oregon. The building is illuminated with American flags hanging from the windows and a sign that reads "Hello Bill" on the top of the building.