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Snapshot of May Queen and village maidens

May 3, 1947

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Snapshot of May Queen and village maidens
  • Title
  • Snapshot of May Queen and village maidens
  • Date
  • May 3, 1947
  • Identifier
  • PCW000424
  • Description
  • In a snapshot, May Queen Lucille (Lucy) Beale and village maidens sit on the May Day stage. Begun around 1900, the annual festival was not presented after this special effort in 1947. Festivities included strolling performers, musicians, and a "Foolscap" themed pageant written by Dr. Phyllis Marschall Ferguson, professor of drama. Newspapers ran special features and department stores mounted window displays of "what to wear to PCW May Day."
  • Place of Publication
  • College Campus
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Women college students--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
    Shadyside (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Pennsylvania College for Women
    May Day--United States
    Pageants--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
    Costume
    Beale, Lucille
  • Geographic Subjects
  • College Campus
  • Source
  • Chatham University May Day Collection
  • Contributor
  • Chatham University
  • Collection
  • Chatham University May Day Collection
  • Rights Information
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