Annual 18th Meeting Minutes of the Grand Lodge, Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World

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Minutes from the 18th Annual Meeting of the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World. The meeting was held from April 28-30, 1917. The publication consists of over one hundred (100) pages bounded together with staples and adhered to a tan paper cover. The cover features black text flanking a round emblem in the center. The text reads [ANNUAL 18th MEETING / MINUTES OF THE GRAND LODGE / IMPROVED BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS OF THE WORLD / Covened in Gray's Armory / CLEVELAND, OHIO / August 28th to 30th inclusive / NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN]. At the center of the emblem is an image of an elk under the word [INCORPORATED] at the center. Text around the circumference reads [GRAND LODGE I.B.P.O.E. OF THE WORLD / CERVUS ALCES]. There are pencil notations covering the last page and back cover.

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