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May Queen's court

May 14, 1927

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May Queen's court
  • Title
  • May Queen's court
  • Date
  • May 14, 1927
  • Identifier
  • PCW000329
  • Description
  • Flanked by her attendants, May Queen Anna Negley '27, sits on her seashell throne. Her primary attendants were Henrietta Spelsberg (Maid of Honor), Mary Katherine Reed (Senior Attendant), Esther Stayman (Junior Attendant), Lucretia Bond (Sophomore Attendant), and Betty Lyons (Freshmen Attendant). By the mid-1920s, Pennsylvania College for Women held a May Day pageant every other year. The 1927 pageant had an undersea theme and featured a magic throne, pirates, Neptune, Davy Jones, mermaids, and other sea people. Titled, “Deep Sea Caverns,” the festival was written by Helen Gordon ’28 and Ethel Hamilton ’28 (Hamilton passed away before graduating.). Vanda Kerst once again directed the production and designed the costumes.
  • 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
    Negley, Anna
    Spelsberg, Henrietta
    Reed, Mary Katherine
    Stayman, Esther
    Bond, Lucretia
    Lyons, Betty
    Children--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
  • Geographic Subjects
  • College Campus
  • Source
  • Chatham University May Day Collection
  • Contributor
  • Chatham University
  • Collection
  • Chatham University May Day Collection
  • Rights Information
  • Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.
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