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Spectators Gather on the PCW Green for May Day

May 20, 1916

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Spectators Gather on the PCW Green for May Day
  • Title
  • Spectators Gather on the PCW Green for May Day
  • Date
  • May 20, 1916
  • Identifier
  • PCW000052
  • Description
  • View of the college lawn during the annual May Day festivities. The 1916 pageant, arranged and directed by Vanda E. Kerst, head of the expression department, took the form of a Shakespeare festival in celebration of the tercentenary of the bard's death. The festivities included a performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream by the senior class. Over 5,000 people attended.
  • 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
    Dilworth Hall Preparatory School (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Costume
    Crowds--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
  • 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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