An initiation certificate for D. Edgar Lykens in the Knights of the Golden Eagle, Lafayette Castle, No. 59, of Pennsylvania, dated September 14, 1908, and signed by William Smobler and Harry D. Mattes.
The Knights of the Golden Eagle was a whites-only fraternal organization that was prominent for many years in some communities in the Lykens Valley area.
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