Name/Title
Men's White KKK Robe + HoodDescription
A white robe and hood. The robe has a high-collared scoop neck with three-quarter length sleeves. The robe has five pearlescent buttons down the front. On the left-hand side of the robe is an overlay / half-cape attached at the neck and hanging above the sleeve. The triangular white hood has eye slit cut-outs and snaps on the side. Sub-numbered A & B.Use
by a member of the Ku Klux Klan donated by Martha WilsonContext
"The Ku Klux Klan, commonly shortened to the KKK or the Klan, is the name of several historical and current American white supremacist, far-right terrorist organizations and hate groups ... Their primary targets at various times have been African Americans, as well as Jewish people and Catholics ... The second iteration of the Klan originated in the late 1910s, and was the first to use cross burnings and white hooded robes. The KKK of the 1920s had a nationwide membership in the millions and reflected a cross-section of the native-born white population." - Ku Klux Klan - Wikipedia
Shelby County had Klan ties in the late 1910s and 1920s, with photographs of county residents in Klan robes and hoods attending a Klan picnic in Freeport in the Mary Ann Overman Collection of the Indiana Album.Clothing/Dress/Costume Details
Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume
Robe, HoodClothing Sex
MaleMade/Created
Date made
circa 1920Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
County
Shelby CountyState/Province
IndianaCountry
United States of AmericaContinent
North AmericaCreate Date
March 13, 2024Update Date
May 2, 2025
