Parade float, University of Michigan Triennial County Fair
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Description
View of horse-drawn parade float for the University of Michigan Triennial County Fair in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Float advertises upcoming raffle; sign reads: "$200, Yale motor cycle raffle, chances 10 [cents], drawing Sat." Motorcycle is partially visible on float. Students wearing top hats ride tricycles in street. Spectators, judges' stand and a "Roman Holiday" float 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.
Details
- Resource ID:
- bh024860
- Subject:
- Parades--Michigan--Ann Arbor
- Parade floats--Michigan--Ann Arbor
- Horse-drawn vehicles--Michigan--Ann Arbor
- Raffles--Michigan--Ann Arbor
- University of Michigan
- College students--Michigan--Ann Arbor
- Fairs--Michigan--Ann Arbor
- Carnivals--Michigan--Ann Arbor
- Spectators--Michigan--Ann Arbor
- Tricycles--Michigan--Ann Arbor
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1908-05
- Format:
- 1 photographic print mounted on stock ; image 5 x 8 in.
- Department:
- Burton Historical Collection
- Location:
- M/Colleges and universities-University of Michigan-Triennial County Fair, 1908
- Content Note:
- From an album of sixteen photographs.
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.