"Camp Pingree" Detroit, MI.

[chuck mc]

This "Camp Pingree" actually is in Detroit. It appears to be 1900 Aug.-Sept. Convention of Knights of Pythias. In 1900 K.of P. was the largest fraternal organization in the U.S.A. with one-half million members. There are four photo plates in library of Congress that form a panoramic picture of this camp [[taken by Detroit Publishing Company). They can be viewed in high resolution and show uniforms and banners of participants. One of the plates shows "Minaret" stack-pipe of Detroit Waterworks in the distance. Other pictures [[3) are in Burton Collection and show Old City Hall, part of the Camp, and Knights of Pythias parade on East Grand Blvd. The Camp appears to straddle E. Grand Blvd. between Kercheval and East Lafayette. The view is looking Eastward.