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C145725-1
Date(s)
- 1891-05-20 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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Copy of Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Tacoma Lodge No. 174, charter dated May 20, 1891. Only 23 years after the national organization of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Tacoma was granted a charter upon application by several prominent citizens. On the charter is the large head of the "Cervus Alces," a European elk, as well as the terms and symbols of charity, justice, brotherly love and fidelity. Copy of this charter was ordered on August 27, 1965, possibly in time for the Tacoma Lodge No. 174's dedication of its new temple on South Union Ave.
Charters--Tacoma; Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Tacoma Lodge No. 174 (Tacoma);