$225
[Demoulin Catalog] Demoulin & Bro. Catalog No. 83. Uniforms Paraphernalia Supplies and Specialties, for Modern Woodmen. Greenville, ca. 1890. Red pictorial wraps. Illustrated with engravings. 8vo. Cover chipped and torn, spine taped; contents sound. The DeMoulin company, which still operates from Greenville, Illinois, was famous as a maker of lodge furniture and initiation paraphernalia. Items offered in this and other DeMoulin catalogs include the company’s famous patented Lung Testers, goat rides, trick telephones, the “Improved Lifting and Spanking Machine,” and other slightly sinister devices used to humiliate incoming members of various fraternal orders and clubs. This catalog includes a section of suggestions on how to use many DeMoulin-made devices.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2012-05-13