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"The Birth of a Nation", 1916-04-28
Item
Identifier: 1993.001 OVRSZ 2
Scope and Contents
Full-page newspaper advertisement, appearing in the Arizona Gazette, for the showing of the film, "The Birth of a Nation", presented by Elliott and Sherman. A film "...so gigantic and all defying that its rival does not exist."
Dates:
Event: 1916-04-28
Women's Auxiliary (Taylor, Pennsylvania), 1925
Item
Identifier: 1993.001.3
Scope and Contents
Formal group indoor portrait of the Taylor, Pennsylvania Women's Auxiliary of the Ku Klux Klan, some members seated and other standing; all wearing robes and hoods. Centrally placed in the group is a framed image of a burning cross. One seated member holds an American flag across her knees. Handwritten caption on verso reads: "Discovered in attic of home. Taylor, Pennsylvania, October, 1996. Photographer-Hornbaker, Scranton, PA, c/1924-1926. Local Woman's Auxiliary Ku Klux Klan."
Dates:
1925