American Woodmen banner for Georgetown Camp No. 4: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

An American Woodmen banner used by Georgetown Camp No. 4. It is purple with gold colored lettering. An image of an ax stuck in a log on green grass is at the center of the banner. White lettering on the log reads “A. W.” The text on the banner reads “GEORGETOWN CAMP / No. 4 / AMERICAN WOODMEN / WASHINGTON. D.C. / ORGANIZED OCT. 20 / 1922.” The banner has gold colored fringe at top and bottom and gold colored trim on both sides. The top of the banner is attached to a wooden pole by metal tacks in four spots. The wood pole has a metal fastener at center. The back of the banner is purple with gold colored, silk lettering at the center that reads "Washington D. C.”

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1922-1952
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Supreme Camp of American Woodmen, American, 1901 - 1994
• Subject of: Georgetown Camp No. 4, American, founded 1922
• Type: banners
• Medium: silk, thread, cotton lining, fringe, wood, metal
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 43 × 30 1/4 × 1 1/4 in. (109.2 × 76.8 × 3.2 cm)
• Place used: Georgetown, Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Associations and institutions
• Topic: Local and regional
• Topic: Societies
• Object number: 2017.1.1
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Long Gallery Harlem
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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