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May Day scene with Neptune and a magician

May 14, 1927

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May Day scene with Neptune and a magician
  • 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
  • Rights Information
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