Leather Case for Knights Templar Uniform
date: label: date made
content: c 1930
label: date made
content: 1930
notes: label: Description
content: Brown leather valise with brass fastenings. A leather belt has replaced original handle. Suitcase is lined with tan canvas fabric and include a stiff, arched insert to protect the feathered uniform hat ("chapeau"). Used by William Gerard Dixon, a member of Tancred Commandery No. 50 in Belleville, Illinois. The Knights Templar is a fraternal organization related to Freemasonry (called an "appendant body").
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: general subject association
content: Fraternal Associations
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content: Home and Community Life: Community Organizations
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mrs. Alan J. Dixon
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0442.09
label: accession number
content: 1982.0442
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0442.09
objectType: label: Object Name
content: case
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: canvas (lining material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 in x 13 1/2 in x 24 in; 17.78 cm x 34.29 cm x 60.96 cm