Conventions and parades. Interesting postcards of Americana Updated 05/31/09

• Click here for more on Buffalo in 1905
• Click here for more post cards of Philadelphia 1907. These guys really put out the post cards. 40+!
• Click here for Denver 1906 (3)
• Click here for Dallas in 1908 (3)
• Click here for more on Los Angeles 1909 convention.(7)
• Click here for more on Detroit 1910. (8)
• Click here for more on Atlantic City 1911 (6)
• Click here for more on Portland 1912.(7). Four elks walk 2220 miles from Brookfield MO to convention!
• Click here for Rochester NY in 1913. Link to the official Grand Lodge documentary is on this page. (very grainy and obviously a silent movie) 
• Click here for Denver 1914(9)
• Click here for Baltimore 1916

others below

Minneapolis 1897 Grand Reunion	Atlantic City 1907	Atlantic City. Copyright 1906 but convention was elsewhere.	Atlantic City 1911
Bradford PA State Elks August 1910	Baltimore 1903	Baltimore pin & medal	Cincinnati 1904. card and medal
Baltimore 1916	Baltimore presents for GER. 1904 convention.		Cleveland  medal for convention in 1904
Buffalo 1905	Buffalo 1905	Chicago, IL Grant Park. date unknown	1912 Elks State convention. Possibly Mahoney PA
Cincinnati 1904. Neat badge (there are many for sale on ebay) from Knoxville TN	Denver "City of Lights' unknown date	GL convention. Probably Denver but not certain	Detroit Elks 1910. Sharp!. For more on Detroit click here
1908 another view of Dallas	Night view of Dallas. 1908 or 1910?	Neat Float. Location unknown	1897 Mountain Elks Parade. Minneapolis probably
Dallas 1908	Dallas Stereoview 1908	Dallas Welcome Postcard 1908	1908 Dallas TX convention
Goodwill Fleet Article from the elks Magazine in 1934	Everett, WA Elks parade 1909. Colby building decorated	L A. Date unknown	Los Angeles, CA Convention. Tallest Man
	Los Angeles parade in 1915
LA GL parade 1926	Los Angeles convention 1921.	Los Angeles convention 1921. NY number 1 mother lodge float	1915 train from KS to CA for California Exposition
LA 1921 Orange Empire	LA convention 1929 ticket	LA Convention 1921	Intriguing picture of prop car used for some convention. Apparently for Jewish Elks.
LA Lodge Float in 1921	Reading PA 1916	Rutherford NJ. Date unk	Will Rodgers at Elks Rodeo in Bakersfield CA
Jerome Fisher for GER	Rochester 1913	Salt Lake City 1902 Badge	Joe Fanning
Jackson MI Drill Team won many a contest.		Pasadena -tournament of Roses. early 1900's
	Miami FL 1928 Program in adobe format. Click here 300k		1936 Convention in Los Angeles. Click here for Sept. Elks Magazine Highlights. Huge success btw with 80,000 people attending the LA Coliseum. Also click here for the Motion Picture Electrical Pageant program. Both are 2 meg+ Adobe pdf files.
C F Tomlinson for Lecturing Knight	Cover of 1950 Program in Miami
			Philadelphia 1955 convention program in adobe format. Click here 363k

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