Program for the 47th International Grand Lodge Convention of the I.B.P.O.E. of W: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Program from The 47th International Post War Grand Lodge Convention of the I.B.P.O.E. of W. Dated August 1946. White pages between a textured, off-white paper cover and bound with three (3) staples. Cover features purple text and an image of an elk with leaves. Text is surrounded by a double-line border; the outer line has decorative corners. Text on the cover reads [BUFFALO / THE CITY OF/ GOOD NEIGHBORS / AND ALL OF WESTERN NEW YORK / WELCOMES / THE 47th INTERNATIONAL POST WAR / GRAND LODGE CONVENTION / AUGUST 25-30 1946 / Entertaining Units / FRONTIER LODGE No. 1024 - ELITE LODGE No. 119 / I. B. P. O. E. of W.]

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1946
• Created by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks of the World, American, founded 1898
• Type: programs
• Medium: ink on paper (fiber product)
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 11 × 8 3/8 × 3/16 in. (27.9 × 21.3 × 0.5 cm)
• Place depicted: Buffalo, Erie County, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Associations and institutions
• Topic: Fraternal organizations
• Object number: 2013.46.17.12
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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