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May Day scene with Neptune and a magician
May 14, 1927
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Title
May Day scene with Neptune and a magician
Date
May 14, 1927
Identifier
PCW000339
Description
Ethel Hamilton (far right) performs as a magician as bearded Neptune (center, Sara Geer) and his followers (including Pauline Gibson and Leona Newcome as Tritons) watch over the proceedings. Ruth Walsh and Renee Mattman participate as heralds, just to the left of Hamilton. 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
Geer, Sara
Hamilton, Ethel
Walsh, Ruth
Mattman, Renee
Gibson, Pauline
Newcome, Leona
Geographic Subjects
College Campus
Source
Chatham University May Day Collection
Contributor
Chatham University
Collection
Chatham University May Day Collection
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