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Ku Klux Klan Parade

Date: 12 05 1924
Description: Ku Klux Klan (KKK) wearing iconic masks and white robes parading down King Street to Schroeder Funeral Home for the funeral of Police officer Herbert Drege...
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Grand Prize Auto

Date: 05 27 1934
Description: Ray Perkins, President of The Wisconsin Engraving Company, standing beside his new Oldsmobile sedan which he won at the Zor Shrine Temple's Past Potentate ...
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University of Wisconsin Historical Decorative Map

Date: 1949
Description: Color bird's-eye map of the University of Wisconsin-Madison as it was midcentury, with two co-eds, several photographs of campus landmarks around edges, an...
Postcard

Masonic Temple

Date: 1910
Description: View across intersection toward a Masonic temple.
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Masonic Temple

Date: 1923
Description: An old Masonic Temple and a new temple under construction.
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Men Parading with Axes

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Description: Men parading down street with axes over their shoulders. Probably the Modern Woodmen of America, a fraternal insurance body in the 1890s which was strong i...
Postcard

Elks' Club

Date: 1910
Description: Building with arched entrance and four stories from across the road. Two buildings are on either side.
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Grand Lodge of the Masons

Date: 1940
Description: Grand Lodge of the Ancient and Honorable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons. This is the main headquarters of the Masons in Milwaukee, at 705 E. Wells ...
Photograph

Tripoli Temple Mosque

Date: 1930
Description: 3000 W. Wisconsin Avenue. Completed in 1928, it is a Shriners mosque, and was designed by architects Clas and Shepard in Moorish Revival style. The buildin...
Photograph

Downtown Street in Winter

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Description: A view down snow-covered East Johnson Street from the corner of East Johnson Street and Wisconsin Avenue. Trees line the street and the Masonic Temple at 3...
Photograph

"Modern Woodmen of America" Parade

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Description: A group of "Modern Woodmen of America" stand at attention in a parade. The men are wearing uniforms that say, "MWA 51," and holding axes in their hands. A ...
Photograph

Temple Theatre

Date: 2009
Description: Exterior view of Temple Theatre from across the street.
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Masonic Building Exterior

Date: 1911
Description: View from street toward the Masonic building (erected 1876). Business signs read: (obscured) "Millinery," "W.F. Terrell," "M.J. Eves Real Estate & Insuranc...
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Group of Shriners in Oriental Band at Chicago Parade

Date: 1949
Description: Shriners on parade in Chicago. The men are dressed in middle eastern costume for an "Oriental Band" from the "-ktash Shrine Temple" [name obscured].
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Theta Chi Truck

Date: 1975
Description: View of two members of Theta Chi fraternity with an International garbage truck. The fraternity spent a total of 3,000 hours refurbishing and converting th...

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