Students costumed as lumberjacks in parade, University of Michigan Triennial County Fair
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Description
View of students costumed as lumberjacks in a parade for the University of Michigan Triennial County Fair in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Some men stand on a horse-drawn float of a log. Group of men in foreground carry axes; one man holds a megaphone. Clown on left; 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.
Details
- Resource ID:
- bh024866
- Subject:
- Parades--Michigan--Ann Arbor
- Loggers--Michigan--Ann Arbor
- Parade floats--Michigan--Ann Arbor
- Horse-drawn vehicles--Michigan--Ann Arbor
- Axes--Michigan--Ann Arbor
- Megaphones--Michigan--Ann Arbor
- University of Michigan
- College students--Michigan--Ann Arbor
- Men--Societies and clubs
- Fairs--Michigan--Ann Arbor
- Carnivals--Michigan--Ann Arbor
- Spectators--Michigan--Ann Arbor
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1908-05
- Format:
- 1 photographic print mounted on stock ; image 7.5 x 9.5 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.