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Elks (Fraternal order)

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1868

Places

Found in 135 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

Wallet with papers, 1899

 File — Box 477
Identifier: GL2004-10938a-n
Scope and Contents

Leather wallet with Masonic receipts, letters, and certificates of Royal Ark Mariners. There is also an Elks Ode card. The material is all from Shanghai, China, belonging to Benjamin Franklin Hutchinson

Dates: 1899

Wefferling, Berry & Co. Emblems and Gold Jewelry catalog, 1966

 Item
Identifier: A2025-040-001
Scope and Contents

This catalog contains emblems and gold jewelry such as rings, pins, earrings, charms, brooches, cuff links, etc. This catalog has over 40 fraternal organizations represented.

Dates: 1966