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Title
1949 Spardi Gras
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
Description
Photograph album page displaying various photographs of San Jose State Students participating in the 1949 Spardi Gras, an annual tradition since 1929.
Based on information from the La Torre yearbooks, Spardi Gras was first held on Washington's birthday in 1929. It was described in the 1929 yearbook as follows: "Another event which met with unprecedented participance by the entire student body was the first annual Spardi Gras or Hobo Day on Washington's Birthday, a gala occasion of play, sport, and merrymaking later authorized by the Executive Board as an annual event because of its great success." The last entry about Spardi Gras appears in the 1950 yearbook. http://www.cob.sjsu.edu/nellen_a/traditions.htm#Spardi
Scanned with Microtek Scanmaker 1000XL Pro; as a 600 dpi TIFF image in 8-bit Grayscale. Auto Level image processing applied and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS3.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
8 X 5 in.
Identifier
islandora:81_513
filename: ua_spardigras_010
oclc: 601743059
islandora: 81_513
Language
English
Subject
Campus Life
Carnival games
Events
Students
Universities & colleges
San Jose State College
Place
San Jose
California
Relation
San Jose State University Archives Photograph Collection

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