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Group Portrait of Members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Their Beneficiaries
1859
Lithograph by the Edward Sachse and Company
Americans of all classes sought ways to respond to the growing complexity and diversity of U.S. cities in the 1800s. Some formed voluntary associations, such as fraternal orders, to help create communal bonds, offer mutual aid to members, and support charitable work in the larger community. |