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Gallery of secret society art

Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Our Motto, 1883, by J. W. Dorrington.

Anika Burgess of Atlas Obscura posted a gallery of images from the book As Above, So Below: Art of the American Fraternal Society 1850-1930, which has a forward by David Byrne.

With the growth of membership came a rise in the creation of artwork, which is explored in the book As Above, So Below: Art of the American Fraternal Society 1850-1930. Divided into the types of imagery, such as banners, magic lanterns and ritual objects, the book also examines how new technologies, such as the invention of the chromolithograph, created new means of expression.

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