Students from the Rocky Mountain Club re-enacting a stagecoach holdup in parade, University of Michigan Triennial County Fair

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Students from the Rocky Mountain Club re-enacting a stagecoach holdup in parade, University of Michigan Triennial County Fair
Description:
View of students from the Rocky Mountain Club re-enacting a stagecoach holdup in a parade for the University of Michigan Triennial County Fair in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Students are costumed as cowboys, holding guns. Some men on horseback. Judges' stand and spectators in background. These fairs were held every three years by the Michigan Union, a male-only organization, although fifty different student organizations participated. Funds raised were intended to construct a clubhouse for the Union. Printed on front: "Stage 'hold-up' R.M.C."
Details
Resource ID:
bh024865
Subject:
Parades--Michigan--Ann Arbor
Cowboys--Michigan--Ann Arbor
Stagecoaches--Michigan--Ann Arbor
Horsemen and horsewomen--Michigan--Ann Arbor
Horses--Michigan--Ann Arbor
Robbery--Michigan--Ann Arbor
Firearms--Michigan--Ann Arbor
University of Michigan
College students--Michigan--Ann Arbor
Fairs--Michigan--Ann Arbor
Carnivals--Michigan--Ann Arbor
Spectators--Michigan--Ann Arbor
Photographic prints
Date Issued:
1908-05
Format:
1 photographic print mounted on stock ; image 7.5 x 9.5 in.
Member of:
Burton Historical Collection
Filing Location:
M/Colleges and universities-University of Michigan-Triennial County Fair, 1908
Note (Content):
From an album of sixteen photographs.
Rights:
Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.