McKeesport, PENNSYLVANIA - Elks Home - Flag: McKeesport is a city in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. A suburb of Pittsburgh, it is situated at the confluence of the Monongahela and Youghiogheny rivers. The population was 17,727 as of the 2020 census. The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (BPOE); also, often known as the Elks Lodge or simply The Elks) is an American fraternal order founded in 1868, originally as a social club in New York City. The Elks was established by actor Charles Algernon Sidney Vivian – a British expatriate and member of the Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes – in New York City on February 16, 1868. Organized as a club for minstrel show performers, the impetus for the group's founding was the death of a fellow actor to disease due to a paucity of funds for treatment and a desire to organize communal support for fellow actors in need. Founded as the "Jolly Corks", by December of 1868 it had adopted the name Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. By 1890, 173 lodges had been established throughout the United States. In 1976, the Elks had 1,611,139 members. As of June 2020, it claimed to have more than 750,000 members. This Divided Back Era (1907-15) postcard is in good condition. The Pittsburg News Company. Germany. No. C7035.