RARE WAIKIKI HONOLULU HAWAII ELK B. P. O. E STERLING SILVER SOUVENIR SPOON
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:30944351 | Age: Approx. 100 years |
| Type: Souvenir Spoons | Brand: Paye & Baker Mfg. Co. |
| Composition: Sterling Silver |
Here is a beautifulsterling silver spoon from Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands. It dates back to earlyyears of 1900, at that time the travel to Hawaii was reserved for wealthytravelers only, this was time before advent of airplane travel. It is featuringon the front of handle very impressive elk with big antlers, below a clockshowing 11:00 hour and writing B.P.O.E. down the handle. BPOE stands forBenevolent and Protective Order of Elks and also known as the Elks Club. Bowl has embossed... extremely detailed seabeach scenery with mountains, ocean, in the background and native Hawaiian in anoutrigger canoe boats, the writing is WAIKIKI, HONOLULU, H.I. Condition is excellent, measures 5-3/8" long(136 mm). On the back marked STERLING and has maker’s hallmarks for Paye &Baker Mfg. Co. with P & B insidehearts. Shipping on multiple purchases are gladly combined. Please see other, some rare, collector spoons I'm currently listing. More on the subject: The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (BPOE; also often known asthe Elks Lodge or simply The Elks) is an American fraternal order and socialclub founded in 1868. It is one of the leading fraternal orders in the U.S., claiming nearly one million members. The Elks had modest beginnings in 1868 asa social club (then called the "Jolly Corks") established as aprivate club to elude New York City laws governing the opening hours of publictaverns. After the death of a member left his wife and children without income, the club took up additional service roles, rituals and a new name. Desiring toadopt "a readily identifiable creature of stature, indigenous toAmerica, " fifteen members voted 8–7 in favor of the elk above the buffalo.Early members were mostly from theatrical performing troupes in New York City.It has since evolved into a major American fraternal, charitable, and serviceorder with more than a million members, both men and women, throughout theUnited States and the former territories of the Philippines and the Panama Canal.When founded, membership in the BPOE was denied to blacks. Because of thispolicy, an unaffiliated, primarily black organization modeled on the BPOE wasformed in 1898. This "Improved Benevolent Protective Order of the Elks ofthe World" (IBPOEW) remains a separate organization to this day.Membership in the BPOE was opened to African Americans in the 1970s, althoughthe Winter Haven, Florida Elks Club was famously segregated as late as 1985, when Boston Red Sox Coach Tommy Harper protested a Red Sox policy of permittingthem into the spring training clubhouse to issue lodge clubroom invitations towhite players only. Women were permitted to join in the mid-1990s, butcurrently atheists are excluded. The opening of membership to women wasmandated by the Oregon Public Accommodations Act, which was found by an appealscourt to apply to the BPOE, and it has been speculated that the religiousrestriction might be litigated on the same basis. A year after the nationalorganization changed its policy to allow women to join, the Vermont orderedpunitive damages of $5, 000 for each of seven women whom a local chapter hadrejected citing other reasons. Current members are required to be U.S. citizensover the age of 21 and believe in God.
