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FR 002. Fraternal regalia catalogs

 Record Group
Identifier: FR 002

Found in 158 Collections and/or Records:

Detroit Sheet Metal and Brass Works regalia catalogs, 1899

 Collection
Identifier: A1983-025-001
Scope and Contents

The Detroit Sheet Metal and Brass Works Company, later the Detroit Shipbuilding Company, catered mainly for the need of fraternal organization for realistic props for ritual work and regalia. The catalog offered items such as helmets, shields, spears (hollow and not hollow), pole tops (such as crosses, eagles, etc.), crowns, shackles, and more.

Dates: 1899

Junior Order of United American Mechanics regalia catalog, circa 1900

 Item
Identifier: A2009-016-001
Scope and Contents

Catalogue of regalia and their prices for the Junior Order of United American Mechanics. Items for sale included collars, jewels, gavels, caps, swords, belts, pins, and American flags. These items were also sold to the National Guard, colleges, schools, Schuetzen corps, and other organizations.

Dates: circa 1900

Catalogue, No. 2, price list of regalia and supplies for the Jr. Order of United American Mechanics, 1908

 Item
Identifier: A2009-019-001
Scope and Contents

Catalogue with the price lists of regalia and supplies for the Junior Order of United American Mechanics. Items included in the catalogue are aprons, badges, banners, belts, caps, collars, flags, gavels, jewels, muskets, robes, seals, swords, wigs, and wreaths. There is also a section of regalia and supplies for the Daughters of Liberty. There is a picture of each item in the catalogue along with a brief description of the object.

Dates: 1908

Century Lighting catalog, 1967

 Item
Identifier: A2015-029

Illustrated Catalogue of Uniforms for the Knights of the Golden Eagle, 1906

 Item
Identifier: A2010-029-001
Scope and Contents

Regalia catalog for Knights of the Golden Eagle; Catalog No. 29; contains items sold by Louis E. Stilz & Bro. Co. including coats, chevrons, shoulder knots, chapeaus, baldrics, swords, belts with illustrations, descriptions, and prices.

Dates: 1906

American Legion Uniforms regalia catalog, circa 1920

 Item
Identifier: A2010-029-002
Scope and Contents

Regalia catalog for American Legion contains images, descriptions and prices for coats, trousers, capes, women's uniforms (for Auxiliary Units), caps, batons, banners, belts, buttons, emblems, wardrobe trunk, and more. Descriptions note that Evans uniforms are not the cheapest, but the best made uniforms on the market

Dates: circa 1920

Improved Order of Red Men Regalia Catalogue, Lilley Co., circa 1922

 Item
Identifier: A2010-012-001
Scope and Contents

This catalog contains regalia, costumes, and paraphernalia for the Improved Order of Red Men (I.R.O.M.). The regalia generally romanticizes and appropriates non-white cultural heritage by using stereotypes and/or caricatures. Attached to the front page is a letter from A. G. Rutherford, of the Great Council of the United States of the I.R.O.M., stating that he has examined the catalog and that it conforms with laws and usages of the order and approves it

Dates: circa 1922