Portrait of a Kalamazoo Saladin Shriner Club member, Michigan

Description:

Black-and-white photograph of a Kalamazoo Saladin Shriner Club member. View features an older man wearing a pin-striped suit and tie, and a fez with text and a tassel. The text on the hat reads Saladin, and the emblem is of a curved sword above a crescent and star. In the background is a sconce and wainscoting wall paneling at the Park-American Hotel in Kalamazoo, Michigan. According to an article in the Kalamazoo Gazette dated February 15, 1943, the Saladin Temple Shrine club of Kalamazoo (a branch of the Saladin Temple of Grand Rapids, Michigan) hosted an Illustratious Potentate Ball at the Park-American Hotel in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The photograph was taken for the Shrine Club and Orlo Swoap, 3227 Bronson Blvd, Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Institution: Western Michigan University Libraries

Collection: Ward Morgan Collection

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Subject Topics:

Shriners International,

Swoap, Orlo Frederick, 1908-1984,

Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America. Saladin Temple (Grand Rapids, Mich.). Kalamazoo Chapter,

Fraternal organizations,

Committees,

Clubs,

Portraits,

Negatives; Backdrops; Men; Suits (Clothing); Hats; Wainscoting

Language: eng

URL: https://luna.library.wmich.edu/luna/servlet/detail/WMUwmu~29~29~1112994~163970

Type: still image