May Day participants | Historic Pittsburgh

May 20, 1916

Title
May Day participants
Date
May 20, 1916
Identifier
PCW000212
Description
A group of students who participated in the annual May Day pageant pose for a photograph together. 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.)
Portraits, Group--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
Costume
Geographic Subjects
College Campus
Source
Chatham University May Day Collection
Contributor
Chatham University
Collection
Chatham University May Day Collection
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