Name/Title
Shadow box display with Elks' Lodge badges, early 1900sEntry/Object ID
2016.46.1Description
ACC. NO. 16.46.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: FRATERNITY, ELKS
DATE OR PERIOD: EARLY 1900's
OBJECT: CASE, DISPLAY
DESCRIPTION: A WOODEN SHADOW BOX FRAMED DISPLAY CASE, WITH FRATERNITY BADGES, WHICH HAS A HINGED CLEAR GLASS DOOR. DOOR ALSO INCLUDES A LOCK MECHANISM. CONTENTS INCLUDE A COLLECTION OF MEMBERSHIP BADGES IN VARIOUS FINISHES, SUCH AS GOLD-PLATING, ETC. SOME ARE SUPPORTED BY BAR PINS OR VARYING RIBBONS MOUNTED ON A VELVET BACKING. THE ORIGINAL PALE GREEN VELVET COLORED CASE IS IN DARK WOOD FINISH.
SIZE: L 34" x W 30-3/4"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: A COLLECTION OF FRAMED BADGES PRESENTED TO THE ALAMEDA MUSEUM IN 1957 WHEN IT WAS LOCATED IN THE BASEMENT OF THE CARNEGIE LIBRARY, LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF SANTA CLARA AVENUE AND OAK STREET. THE BADGES ARE FROM VARIOUS CITIES AND STATES AND WERE EXCHANGED FROM OTHER ELK LODGES WHEN REPRESENTATIVES VISITED THE ALAMEDA LODGE.
DONOR: ALAMEDA BRANCH OF THE ELKS LODGE.
CATALOGED: JULY 2, 2016Interpretative Labels
Label
12/31/2020 MvL: current sign:
ELKS CLUB BADGES
A collection of Delegates' badges, some dating back to the early 1900's, donated to the Alameda Elks Lodge by visiting members from other lodges.