Portrait of a past potentate of the Saladin Temple Club in Michigan
Black-and-white photograph of a Kalamazoo Saladin Shriner Club member. View features an older man wearing a dark colored suit and bow tie, and a fez with text and tassel, and a breast jewel. 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 Illustrious 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.