101 Years Ago
One hundred one years ago this month, Hutzler Brothers went all out to welcome the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks for their convention. Not always so benevolent, protective, nor particularly inviting, the Elks were once an all-white, all-male organization that also disallowed membership to anyone “of the Bolsheviki, Anarchists, the IWW, or kindred organizations.”
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Hutzler Brothers Department Store.
210-218 North Howard Street, Baltimore.
Store decorated for Elks Convention.
Unidentified photographer, July 1916.
8×10 inch glass plate negative.
Hughes Company Collection
Take a look at how much elk imagery Hutzlers added to the facade of their flagship store:
