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The Military Order of the Louse is a veterans group, so-named because many servicemen got lice while ride in boxcars during World War I. The women's auxiliary, the Cootiettes, started in 1930. (SEE NOTES SECTION FOR COMPLETE TITLE)

c. 1975

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  • Medium

    Gelatin silver print

  • Accession number

    2006.120

  • Dimensions

    Image: 6 1/2 x 9 3/8 in. (16.51 x 23.81 cm)
    Paper: 8 x 10 in. (20.32 x 25.4 cm)

  • Credit

    The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
    Gift of Robert Harshorn Shimshak and Marion Brenner