Items

• Poem Card - Weehawken Benevolent Protective Order of Elks - 1927

  Small card (5 x 4 inches) with a drawing of the Weehawken Elks Lodge building, some very well dressed Elks enjoying conversation and a cigar in front of a fireplace, and some other Elks singing. The following poem is written on the card: "A glass is good and a chat is good And a club where we meet in all weather Our lodge is good and the fellows are good So let's be all merry together." The card is signed by Esteemed Leading Knight Mark J. Hignati - who was also the Exalted Leader of the Lodge. Reverse is blank. There is a penciled date on the card - 1927 - but there is no other indication of its date of publication.
• 6th Street from Boulevard, Clifton Park, NJ

  Black and white postcard of 6th Street (today's 50th Street) looking west. At right is what was the country home of Henry G. Schmidt or "Champagne Schmidt" as he was called. Schmidt was a wine merchant and importer of the first Veuve Cliquot champagnes from France. This building later became the home of the Elks Lodge No. 1456, after renovations The postcard is dated Weehawken, August 26, 1910.
• Elks Pin - Lincoln Tunnel

  Lapel pin from Weehawken's own Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, Lodge 1456, featuring the Lincoln Tunnel.
• Hamilton Burr Duel Bicentennial Pin - Weehawken Elks

  Commemorative pin issued by Lodge 1456 (Weehawken) of the Benevolen Protective Order of Elks on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the Duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr. These pins were sold at the commemorative events of July 11 2004.
• BPOE Raffle Tickets - 1929

  Tickets from the Weehawken BPOE, Lodge 1456's raffle, during their Carnival from September 7-14, 1929. The prize was an ALL ELECTRIC Victor Radio, for a donation of ten cents.