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Parades

 Subject

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered works on large public processions of a festive nature, usually including a marching band, and held in honor of an anniversary, person or event. Works on the action of a group of persons moving or marching along in orderly succession in a formal or ceremonial way are entered under Processions.

Found in 154 Collections and/or Records:

60th Session of the Grand Encampment of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows postcard, 1914 October

 Item — Box 2
Identifier: A1996-058-004
Scope and Contents

This real photo postcards shows a large line of women four abreast marching down a street. The women are wearing white dresses and sashes, holding a white pole behind their heads with each hands grasping either side. The written caption at the bottom of the post card is "60th Session - Grand Encampment, IOOF Oct 1914".

Dates: 1914 October
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

A man and two women in an auto ride at the Elks Convention Parade, circa 1909

 Item — Box 1
Identifier: A1994-051-005
Scope and Contents

The postcard is a purple photolithograph of a man and two women in a decorated car. There are flowers surrounding the entire car. The caption reads "A Private Auto in Parade." The postcard was made for the 1909 Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks Convention in Los Angeles, California.

Dates: circa 1909
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library / Fraternal postcard collection, 1897-1945

Al Koran Temple Little Symphony Band Portable bandstand picture gram, 1947 June 2

 Item — Folder 1
Identifier: A2019-163-001
Scope and Contents Portable bandstand picturegram dated June 2, 1947. This picturegram depicts the Al Koran Temple Little Symphony Band of Cleveland, Ohio, as it marched in a fifteen thousand strong Shriners’ parade in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The parade took place during the 73rd Annual Shriners Convention, also held at Atlantic City, New Jersey. The picture gram includes an advertisement for first mortgage buyers. Imprint reads, “June 2, 1947 -- issue No. 5268. Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday by...
Dates: 1947 June 2
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Annual Grand Encampment, Grand Rapids, 1908 June

 Item
Identifier: A1996-066-4782
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...
Dates: 1908 June
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library / Ralph B. Duncan collection of Masonic postcards, 1883-1995 / York Rite, No. 4760-4927

Band leading a parade down a street, 1918-1930

 Item
Identifier: A1996-066-4595
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...
Dates: 1918-1930
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library / Ralph B. Duncan collection of Masonic postcards, 1883-1995 / Special Categories: Masonic Service Association-Order of Eastern Star, No. 4550-4759 / Masonic parades

Builders of Democracy postcard, undated

 Item — Box 1
Identifier: A1995-014m-004
Scope and Contents

Postcard shows an illustration of Masonic symbols and concepts such as books labeled "Architecture" and "Geometry," square and compass, lit candle, plumb, a scroll with the words "In God We Trust." At the top reads "Builders of Democracy" and below "Family of Freemasonry." The reverse includes an explanation that this is a rendering of the Family of Freemasonry sponsored parade float for the Tournament of Roses in Pasadena, California.

Dates: undated
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library / Ralph B. Duncan Masonic postcards, 1907-1993

Bushnell Parade Ground in Utah, 1930-1945

 Item
Identifier: A1996-066-4577
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...
Dates: 1930-1945
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library / Ralph B. Duncan collection of Masonic postcards, 1883-1995 / Special Categories: Masonic Service Association-Order of Eastern Star, No. 4550-4759 / Masonic Service Association service centers

California Delegation, Knights Templar Conclave, Denver, Colorado, 1913 August

 Item
Identifier: A1996-066-4854
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...
Dates: 1913 August
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library / Ralph B. Duncan collection of Masonic postcards, 1883-1995 / York Rite, No. 4760-4927

Ceremonies of laying the cornerstone of the Masonic Fraternity Temple program, 1890 November 6

 Item
Identifier: A2018-020
Scope and Contents

Parade instructions for the ceremonies of laying the cornerstone of the Masonic Fraternity Temple in Chicago, Ill.

Dates: 1890 November 6
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Confederate General Clement A. Evans leading the Governor Inaugural Procession in front of the Columbia Woodmen building in Atlanta, Georgia, postcard, circa 1906

 Item — Box 1
Identifier: A1995-016-002
Scope and Contents

Photolithograph of General Clement A. Evans, the Confederate general and the Eminment Cardinal of the Columbian Woodmen, on horseback, in procession in front of the Columbian Woodmen Building on Peachtree Street in Atlanta, Georgia. There are U.S. and Confederate flags on the Columbian Woodmen Building.

Dates: circa 1906
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

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