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Real photograph of the exterior of the Elks home in Batavia, New York. The architecture is Gothic style with large windows and multiple stories. The front porch has a sign that states "B.P.O.E" for the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.

Photolithograph of the exterior of the elks club in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The building is brick and eight stories tall. Ther trim is white and there is a sign over the doorway that states "Elks Club."

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."

Photolithograph of an Elk sculpted out of sand with its four sculptors behind it. The passage next to the elk reads "The faults of our brothers we write on the sand their virtues upon the tablet of love and memory." The postcard requests that the 1911 Elks Grand Lodge Reunion be held in Atlantic City, declaring the city "The sunshine town where everybody laughs."

Lithograph sketch of the exterior of the Knights of Columbus national headquarters in New Haven, Connecticut, and the Knights of Columbus emblem.

Color lithograph with a divided front for the address and an undivded back for a message. On the left of the address is the Knights of Columbus' emblem and "Easter Greetings 1919." The postcard is framed in flower and bells with a cluster of American flags in the upper right corner. The top of the card reads "On Active Service A.E.F Overseas."

Photolithograph of the Knights of Columbus Hall in New Orleans, Louisiana. The building features a front porch with Ionic columns and yellow doors, and the Knights of Columbus emblem on the pediment. The entire building is enclosed by an iron fence.

Photolithograph postcard of "The Girls in Red" standing on stairs with their captain, Harry A. Holmberg. The girls are from the Columbine Council, No. 1153, in Denver, Colorado. They won the national competitive drill in Los Angeles, California in 1912.

Colorlithograph postcard with an undivided back. The emblem of the Knights of "Ak-Sar-Ben" is in the upper left corner with a knight's armor on top of a shield that is yellow, red and green. The bottom right of the postcard is an invitation to the "Nations of Earth" from September 26-October 6.

Color Lithograph. A man and a woman kissing inside the wings of an Eagle that has a Fraternal Order of Eagles band around its neck. Below the couple is the caption "Birds of a Feather"