Box 2

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Postcard for the Pythain Home in Lafayette, Ind., shown as 3 color drawings of similar brick buildings in overlapping vignettes.

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Real photo postcard of the Indiana Pythian home in Lafayette, Indiana, with handwritten labels to show each building's use: "girls' dorm," "old ladies," "old men," "my room," "boys' dorm." The postcard was never mailed.

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Photolithograph of the Knights of Pythias Home in Huntington, Indiana in the early spring. The house is constructed of gray stone with a white front porch with the letters "K. P." on its pediment.

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The Lamar Building is constructed of gray stone in the front and red brick on the sides, and large stone columns that support the porch. The Pythian Temple is constructed of gray stone, resembling a castle with a large tower.

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Photolithograph of the Pythian Home of Missouri in Springfield, Missouri. The castle-like building is constructed of stone and painted yellow, and includes a front porch with a large stairway.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Ralph B. Duncan postcard collection consists of postcards with a Masonic connection, either a building used for Masonic purposes, a person connected to Freemasonry, or a subject concerning Freemasonry. Mostly made during 1907-1940s, there are some that are both earlier and later, which can be determined by changes in postcard conventions. Included are portraits, views of buildings, cartoons, among other subjects. Most of the postcards of buildings are in the United States, with some from...

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Real photo of a man in the suit wearing a Knight of Pythias hat.

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Photochrome of the Knights of Pythias home in Weatherford, Texas. The building is constructed of gray brick and the architecture resembles that of a castle. In the background, is a water tower. In the foreground to the left is an American flag.

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Real photo of a caricature of two men riding on tigers. The heads of the men are superimposed onto the cartoon drawings of two tigers that have sheets over them with the letters "D.O.K.K" (Dramatic Order of Knights of Khorassen (Pythian)). Below the caricature reads "Toledo, August 14-19 1911".

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Notification of a Knights of Pythias' death from the Storm King Lodge in Newburgh, New York in 1903.