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Black and white postcard of Elks Club (BPOE 323) float which participated in the first Blessings of the Blossoms Festival Parade in Traverse City on May 22, 1925. It is shown on a residential street.

Black and white photograph of three Elks Club members (perhaps officers): Claude "Deke" Curtiss, Charles Ritter (Highwood Bookstore near Suttons Bay), Robert Weaver (Weaver's House of Flowers), 1940-1950.

Black and white photograph of a Men's Group, Elks Tournament

Six men in suit, ties, and hats, stand near the completed sign on Highway 31.

Traverse City Elks Club, the initiation of a 3 day old Elk Lodge #323 BPOE, large group of men in formal wear gathered to witness.

Firemen at rear of the Elks Club building, fighting the fire.

Elks Club Convention. A long picture, in segments, taken between the old library on 6th Street and the house to the west before the church was built. Albert Petertyl is the only one identified in the picture.

Elks party with members dressed up in vintage military uniforms. (L-R) Emil Schmidt-Civil War,
Jim Cavis- WW1, Bill Kleis- WW1, Martin Winnie- Spanish American War and J.B. Valade- Spanish American War.

A welcome home and appreciation banquet for the WWII veterans of the Traverse City Elks Lodge #323. Lesie Petertyl is on the far right identified with a "*".

Series of images concerning the Elk's Club Building fire, 13 December 1963. Bottom two floors were salvaged.