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This is a fascinating look at a catalog of official robes, hoods, banners (and convenient carrying cases!) for KKK members, back in the 20s. \u00a0Looking at it, I'm half-convinced that the decline of the Klan came about, not so much because of a growing enlightenment of the general populace, but because it's hard to be impressed\u00a0by some guy in a canary yellow satin robe with a red-trimmed cape, and a hood with tassels on the top, even if he is a "Grand Dragon."<\/p>\n

But never let it be said that the Klan was not practical. Hoods for the Band Leader and the Band Men leave room for you to get your bassoon\u00a0up to your lips.\ufeff<\/p><\/div>\n

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Retronaut – 1925: Catalogue of Offical Robes and Banners by the Ku Klux Klan<\/a><\/p>\n

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This is a fascinating look at a catalog of official robes, hoods, banners (and convenient carrying cases!) for KKK members, back in the 20s. \u00a0Looking at it, I'm half-convinced that the decline of the Klan came about, not so much because of a growing enlightenment of the general populace, but because it's hard to be … Continue reading “Cosplay of Evil”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,108],"tags":[586],"class_list":["post-42563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-history","tag-pluspost"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13395,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/01\/01\/read_a_book_go_to_jail.html","url_meta":{"origin":42563,"position":0},"title":"Read a book, go to jail","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 1-Jan-09 12:34pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Or, instead, get an official warning letter in your employment file if someone sees the book you're reading about how students at Notre Dame University defeated the Ku Klux Klan...","rel":"","context":"In "ZT & PC"","block_context":{"text":"ZT & PC","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/zt-pc"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":27010,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/03\/09\/the-kkk-may-be-declining-but-the-malady-lingers-on.html","url_meta":{"origin":42563,"position":1},"title":"The KKK may be declining, but the malady lingers on","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 9-Mar-12 9:01am","format":false,"excerpt":"The Klan seems to be dwindling in chapters, and in numbers. 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