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Title: May day pole
Contributor: Unknown (Creator)
Contributing Institution: San José State University, Special Collections and Archives
Collection: San José State University Archives Photograph Collection
Rights Information: For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact San Jose State University Special Collections & Archives department. http://www.sjlibrary.org/research/special/special_coll/index.htm ; For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact San Jose State University Special Collections & Archives department. http://www.sjlibrary.org/research/special/special_coll/index.htm
Description: Children from the San Jose State Training school walking around the May Pole and wrapping it in streamers.
The May fete began in 1900 as an outdoor play festival for youngsters in the kindergarten-primary program. It grew into a popular springtime celebration involving nearly everyone on campus and attracting hundreds of spectators.
Scanned with Microtek Scanmaker 1000XL Pro; as a 600 dpi TIFF image in 8-bit Grayscale. Auto Level image processing and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS3.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg
3.1 X 5.4 in.
Identifier: islandora:81_1123
filename: ua_may_fete_006
oclc: 633964394
islandora: 81_1123
Language: English
Subject: Normal School
Campus Life
Children
Events
Spring
Students
May poles
May Day
San Jose State Normal School
Place: San Jose
California
Relation: San Jose State University Archives Photograph Collection

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