Fraternal organizations

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Full color photolithograph post card of Elks Temple No. 99, Sixth and Parkview Sts., Los Angeles, CA, overlooking Westlake Park. Message from Matthew Corbett, 607 So. Park View St, Los Angeles, CA.

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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Photolithograph of the exterior of the Knights of Columbus Club Hotel in Gary, Indiana. The hotel is brick with a large parking lot in front that is filled with cars. There is a street that runs through the middle of the postcard with a trolley and tracks.

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Photolithograph of the schoolhouse in which the Knights of Pythias was founded in Eagle Harbor, Michigan. The schoolhouse is white with an American flag. Outside are men, women, and children dressed in formal attire.