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Lions Club Meeting

Date: 03 31 1937
Description: Group portrait of Lions Club members seated around tables in the Neighborhood House, 768 W. Washington Avenue.
Photograph

Independent Order of Odd Fellows

Date: 06 23 1930
Description: Group portrait of 4 Lakes Canton #3 of I.O.O.F. (Independent Order of Odd Fellows), majority of the men are in uniform. Taken in Odd Fellows Hall, 308 West...
Photograph

Elk's Club Bowling Tournament Officers

Date: 11 01 1946
Description: Group portrait of sixteen male Elk's Club bowling tournament officers.
Photograph

Knights of Columbus Golden Jubilee Convention

Date: 05 19 1952
Description: Group portrait of Knights of Columbus Golden Jubilee Convention, taken at the foot of Monona Avenue (Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard), with the Wisconsin ...
Postcard

Odd Fellow's Home

Date: 1912
Description: A large gathering of men and women stand outside the Odd Fellow's Home. There is a flagpole on the grounds with an American Flag among trees. People are po...
Photograph

Independent Order of Odd Fellows

Date: 10 09 1928
Description: Group portrait of Independent Order of Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F.) Madison Canton in full uniform in the Wisconsin State Capitol, with Betty Livesey.
Photograph

Ku Klux Klan Funeral

Date: 12 05 1924
Description: Klansmen of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) wearing conic masks and white robes gather in front of St. James Lutheran Church, Verona, for the funeral of Herbert C. ...
Photograph

Men Planning a National Elks Bowling Tournament

Date: 09 04 1955
Description: Harold Lampert and E.N. (Pim) Quinn discussing their proposal to bring the 1958 Elks National Association bowling tournament to Madison in 1958. They will ...
Photograph

Moose Club Christmas Party

Date: 1956
Description: Four women in front of a Christmas tree at the Moose Club Christmas party.
Photograph

Knights Templar Conclave

Date: 05 25 1955
Description: Masonic group making plans for the 97th annual state-wide conclave. Left to right: Orrin St. Clair, A.W. Heisig, E.C. Jamison, Floyd McBurney and Ida Heisi...
Photograph

Governor Goodland's Funeral

Date: 03 15 1947
Description: Pallbearers carrying the casket of Governor Walter Goodland from the Madison Masonic Temple.
Photograph

Madison Jaycettes Aid Cerebral Palsy Fund

Date: 05 26 1948
Description: Mrs. Marvin V. Bump, Junior Chamber of Commerce state cerebral palsy drive chairman, accepts a $2,000 check from Anna Cary, Dane County drive chairman. Lef...
Photograph

Wisconsin Elks Convention

Date: 08 27 1948
Description: Governor Oscar Rennebohm greeting two Elks convention delegates. They are (left) Charles E. Broughton, Sheboygan, past national grand exalted ruler, and Dr...
Photograph

George Forrester at Ringling Circus

Date: 1953
Description: Madison Mayor, George Forrester, seated in the front row of the audience at the Ringling Brothers Circus. Clowns entertain the children seated near Forrest...
Photograph

Greensboro Massacre Response

Date: 02 02 1980
Description: Protest march called in response to the murder of five activists, labor organizers, and members of the Communists Workers Party by the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) o...
Photograph

Optimist Week Designation

Date: 11 08 1948
Description: Madison City Manager Leonard G. Howell signing a proclamation designating Nov. 7-13 as Optimist Week in Madison. Looking on, left to right, are: Charles Th...
Photograph

Governor Rennebohm

Date: 11 06 1948
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Governor Oscar Rennebohm wearing a "Zor" fez.
Book or Pamphlet

"Ideals of the Ku Klux Klan" Cover

Date: 1926
Description: Cover art of a pamphlet called "Religious and Patriotic Ideals of the Ku Klux Klan" (KKK), author W. C. (Walter Carl) Wright, featuring an image of the Ame...
Book or Pamphlet

America for Americans

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Description: Cover design of a pamphlet entitled "America for Americans," featuring a Ku Klux Klansman (KKK) wearing a conic mask and white robes on a rearing horse hol...
Book or Pamphlet

The Kourier

Date: 03 1932
Description: Cover design of "The Kourier" featuring a klansman wearing a conic hat and white robes, holding a burning cross in one hand and the American flag in the ot...

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