1. Material:
  2. cloth (367)

Canton McKeen ribbon

Creator:
unknown
Location:
unknown place made
Origin Date:
1899
Materials:
cloth
Measurements:
overall: 9 in x 2 3/4 in
Item ID:
71.2009.082.0221
Holding Institution:
Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
Available for Viewing:
No
Category:
Three-dimensional Objects

Description

Gold silk ribbon is stamped with text in black ink. "Prize Winners! Springfield 1897; Boston 1898; Detroit 1899. Canton McKeen No. 28, Terre Haute, Ind." is printed down the ribbon. Canton McKeen was a lodge in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in Terre Haute, Indiana, established in 1889. Part of The Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum