Title: | Improved Benevolent Protective Order of Elks |
Description: | Caption: "It was a great day at the headquarters of the Improved Benevolent Protective Order of Elks of the World when State Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler Larry J. Foster was presented with a fez signifying his appointment. Among those present were, [left to right, District Deputy Herbert Wilson; Mrs. Elizabeth Kimbrough of the Daughters of Excelsior; Benjamin Williams, 91, one of the founders of the Negro Elks; Mrs. Larry Foster; John Felder of the Brooklyn Negro Elks, and J. A. Thomas.]" All of those pictured are African Americans. |
Date: | 1949 |
Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] |
Creator: | Pope, Herbert. |
More Details: |
Grease pencil cropping marks. Stamped on verso: date: Apr. 18, 1949; "Herbert Pope, Photographer." Title from caption on verso. |
Collection: | Clubs [3]
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Subject: |
African Americans [4] Clubs [5] Judges [6] |
Institution: | Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection. |
Medium: |
Gelatin silver prints. Photographic prints. Portraits. |
Rights: | Copyright restrictions apply to the use of this image. For more information or to obtain a photographic reproduction of this image, contact the Brooklyn Collection at Brooklyn Public Library. |
ID: | CLUB 0314 |
Links:
[1] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/fullsize/externals/ff6a1639c88ee157138bb57e00d16af3&ext=.jpg
[2] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/location/Brooklyn+%28New+York%2C+N.Y.%29
[3] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/collection/Clubs
[4] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/a/African Americans
[5] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/c/Clubs
[6] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/j/Judges