Fraternally Yours: Identify Fraternal Groups and Their Emblems
Symbols and history of over 24 fraternal organizations from the late 1800s to the present.

Fraternally Yours looks at the rich and diverse heritage of American fraternal societies from the late 1800s through present times. Focusing upon larger organizations of the golden age, this book covers the basic symbols and emblems of groups as diverse as the Freemasons, Odd Fellows, Redmen, Knights of Columbus, Elks, Knights of Pythias, and even the Ku Klux Klan.

Usually couched in mystical symbolism, here find images of actual medals and regalia along with period photographs and imagery from trade catalogs. Fraternally Yours opens the secretive door of fraternal societies to everyone.
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Fraternally Yours: Identify Fraternal Groups and Their Emblems
Symbols and history of over 24 fraternal organizations from the late 1800s to the present.

Fraternally Yours looks at the rich and diverse heritage of American fraternal societies from the late 1800s through present times. Focusing upon larger organizations of the golden age, this book covers the basic symbols and emblems of groups as diverse as the Freemasons, Odd Fellows, Redmen, Knights of Columbus, Elks, Knights of Pythias, and even the Ku Klux Klan.

Usually couched in mystical symbolism, here find images of actual medals and regalia along with period photographs and imagery from trade catalogs. Fraternally Yours opens the secretive door of fraternal societies to everyone.
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Fraternally Yours: Identify Fraternal Groups and Their Emblems

Fraternally Yours: Identify Fraternal Groups and Their Emblems

by Peter Swift Seibert
Fraternally Yours: Identify Fraternal Groups and Their Emblems

Fraternally Yours: Identify Fraternal Groups and Their Emblems

by Peter Swift Seibert

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Symbols and history of over 24 fraternal organizations from the late 1800s to the present.

Fraternally Yours looks at the rich and diverse heritage of American fraternal societies from the late 1800s through present times. Focusing upon larger organizations of the golden age, this book covers the basic symbols and emblems of groups as diverse as the Freemasons, Odd Fellows, Redmen, Knights of Columbus, Elks, Knights of Pythias, and even the Ku Klux Klan.

Usually couched in mystical symbolism, here find images of actual medals and regalia along with period photographs and imagery from trade catalogs. Fraternally Yours opens the secretive door of fraternal societies to everyone.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780764340604
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
Publication date: 04/20/2012
Pages: 128
Product dimensions: 6.20(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Peter Swift Seibert is a historian and avid follower of fraternal societies. He has worked for museums and historical organizations throughout the mid-Atlantic and authored articles and books on historic photography, portraiture, silver furniture, and the history of the Scots-Irish.
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