| The picture below shows a larger view of all (14) Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks Lodge Fraternal Organization Items in this lot. This lot includes a variety of different Elks items. Some of these are dated and some are not (see below). All of these for one price! To judge the sizes the two membership cards each measure 3-5/8'' x 2-3/8''. These items appear to range anywhere from poor to mint condition as pictured. Included are the following: There is a two part ribbon with fringes. The black and the purple ribbons are each imprinted as follows: FLOWER CITY
LODGE, NO. 91
I.B.P.O.E.W.
ROCHESTER, N.Y. There is an old Delegate Medal. It has a frame pin section with paper and clear cover insert, a purple ribbon and a hanging medal section that has a convex mirror in a gold colored wreath. The print on the ribbon is faded, but with some effort it might be able to be read. The top section reads: MR. LEE EMERSON
73 FORD STREET
ROCHESTER, N.Y. There is an old Convention Delegate Ribbon. It has a frame pin section with paper and clear cover insert and a purple ribbon that pictures an elk. It reads as follows: LEE B. EMERSON
FLOWER CITY #91
ROCHESTER, N.Y.
DELEGATE
29th ANNUAL CONVENTION
N.Y. STATE ASS'N
I.B.P.O.E. OF W.
BUFFALO, N.Y.
MAY 28 - 31, 1954 Next there is a celluloid pinback button. It pictures a man in a hat and it reads: I.B.P.O.E.W.
J. FINLEY WILSON
GRAND EXALTED RULER There is a smaller celluloid pin back button that reads: ANTLERED GUARD
MID - WINTER CONVENTION
1952
PROVIDENCE, R.I. Next there is a celluloid pinback button with a white hanging ribbon. It pictures a man and it reads: I.B.P.O. ELKS OF W
GRAND EXALTED RULER
J. FINLEY WILSON
GRAND LODGE CONVENTION
1951 There is a purple and white ribbon. This ribbon is oddly mounted on an 48 star American flag celluloid pin back button. The ribbon pictures an elk and it reads: I.B.P.O.E.W.
NY There is another smaller celluloid pin back button that has a small purple ribbon. It pictures the elk and 11:00th hour clock emblem and reads: B.P.O.E. OF W. There are (2) Windsor, Vermont Lodge No. 1665 Elks membership cards, one for 1964 - 1965 and one for 1965 - 1966. The same man and the same Secretary (Everett K. Chase) had signed them all. These were both issued to the same man, Frank Usin, who was a Photographer for various Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire newspapers. The cards are dated, numbered, filled in, signed, and have an embossed seal. There are (2) different old Elk's advertising match books. The first one has no matches. It was from The Elks Club No. 37 of Columbus, Ohio. The second one is unused and has all of its matches. It is from the Lowell, Massachusetts Lodge No. 87. The last two items in this lot a consecutive numbered 1932 Raffle tickets for the Elk's Country Fair, at Elk's Park on Pleasant Street of Willimantic, Connecticut. Willimantic Lodge of Elks No. 1311. These were for automobile and cash prizes. Included were a Dodge 6 Sedan, a Chevrolet Coupe, an Essex Sedan, a Plymouth Sport Roadster, and an Oldsmobile Sedan. These depression era tickets had cash prizes that went from $50.00 to $1000.00. Both sides of the tickets are shown. Below here, for reference is a little additional information about the Elks: Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (BPOE; also often known as the Elks Lodge or simply The Elks) is an American fraternal order and social club founded in 1868. It is one of the leading fraternal orders in the United States, claiming nearly one million members. History
The Elks had modest beginnings in 1868 as a social club for minstrel show performers, called the ''Jolly Corks''. It was established as a private club to elude New York City laws governing the opening hours of public taverns. After the death of a member left his wife and children without income, the club took up additional service roles, rituals and a new name. Desiring to adopt ''a readily identifiable creature of stature, indigenous to America'', fifteen members voted 8 – 7 in favor of the elk above the buffalo. Early members were mostly from theatrical performing troupes in New York City. It has since evolved into a major American fraternal, charitable, and service order with more than a million members, both men and women, throughout the United States and the former territories of the Philippines and the Panama Canal. | 
