The Independent Order of Foresters blotter
name: label: maker
content: Whitehead & Hoag Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A blotter pad with a celluloid cover. It is an advertising novelty for the Independent Order of Foresters. The organization's logo and motto are printed on the cover, with images depicting the I.O.F. Orphans Home in Oakville, Ontario, the I.O.F. Tuberculosis and Cancer Sanatoria in Los Angeles County, the I.O.F. Temple Building in Toronto, Ontario, and the I.O.F. Aged Members Home Cottages in Los Angeles County Calif. The I.O.F. is a fraternal benefit society that celebrated its 135th year in 2009. It provides financial services and benefits to members in the United States and Canada.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Newark
label: depicted
content: Canada: Ontarian, Toronto
label: depicted
content: Canada: Ontarian, Oakville
label: depicted
content: United States: California, Los Angeles
topic: label: Subject
content: Orphanages
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
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content: Celluloid
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content: Advertising
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2006.0098.1419
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0098.1419
label: accession number
content: 2006.0098
objectType: label: Object Name
content: blotter
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cellulose nitrate (cover material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (pad material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7.9 cm x 19.5 cm x .5 cm; 3 1/8 in x 7 11/16 in x 3/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/4 in x 7 3/4 in x 3 1/8 in; .635 cm x 19.685 cm x 7.9375 cm