Ku Klux Klan Meeting, City Auditorium, Group Photo, Sept. 15,1923

Photograph

St. Joseph Museums

Ku Klux Klan Meeting, City Auditorium, 1923

Name/Title

Ku Klux Klan Meeting, City Auditorium, Group Photo, Sept. 15,1923

Entry/Object ID

P2017.2.106

Description

Ku Klux Klan Meeting, City Auditorium, Group Photo, Sept. 15,1923. b/w. Photocopy. Hundreds of white robed, hooded Klansmen seated on floor of City Auditorium and in the first two balconies. Their hands raised in salute. Labeled in white at bottom of photo: "Annual Fall Meeting of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, St. Joseph, Mo., Sept. 15, 1923." Around the fringes some are holding signs, White Supremacy Public Schools for All Men in Office, Not Politicians One Man for One Woman Kluxers from Kansas Pure Womanhood 100% American Stars & Stripes Forever.

Collection

Marshall & Melanie White

Made/Created

Artist

unknown

Date made

1923

Place

City

St. Joseph

State/Province

Missouri

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Discrimination

Search Terms

Ku Klux Klan, Ku Klux Klan in St. Joseph

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Printsize: 17¾" x 11 on stiff paper

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Oct 10, 2016

Provenance

Notes

Photos collected by donor from purchases at various flea markets and estate sales.