Oddfellows Hall in Wind Cave, S.D. postcard
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Odd Fellows Hall is a cave room that was discovered in South Dakota’s Wind Cave National Park in 1891. It was named as such due to a feature on the east side of the cave’s ceiling which resembles the ‘all seeing eye’, as well as three natural rock pockets that look like the three interlocking links of the I.O.O.F (International Order of Odd Fellows). According to the National Park Service, ‘early guides also pointed out two rocks that resembled goats and the “canopy over the Noble Grand” in this room.’
It is theorised that the cave room has a long history of usage, with a cache of ‘nine glass flash powder bottles stashed under a breakdown block on the west side of this room’ being discovered in 2001 whilst restoration work was being completed in the cave.
| TITLE | ODDFELLOWS HALL IN WIND CAVE, S.D. POSTCARD |
| ACCESSION NO. | 2024.24 |
| ASSOCIATED PLACE(S) | NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > SOUTH DAKOTA > WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK |
| DATE | 20TH CENTURY (DATE OF CREATION) |
| OBJECT TYPE | SECRET SOCIETIES > ODD FELLOWS > PHOTOGRAPH VISUAL REPRESENTATION > PHOTOGRAPH > POSTCARD |
| MATERIAL(S) | PAPER > CARD |
| DIMENSIONS | 139 x 88mm |
| NUMBER OF ITEMS | 1 |
| CREDIT LINE | ADDED TO THE ROWTONS’ PRIVATE COLLECTION, 2024. |
| MUSEUM LOCATION | NOT ON DISPLAY |

