Circus
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Purdue Circus photographs
Collection — Box Communal Collections 47: Series Box 1; Series MSA 18, Series 5; Series Series 2; Series UA 110, Series 1; Series UA 111, Series 5; Series MSF 508, Series 1; Series MSF 508, Series 2; Series UA 182, Series 3; Series UA 176, Series 1; Series MSA 18, Series 6, Placement: 17
Identifier: MSP 226
Scope and Contents
The Purdue Circus photographs (May 5, 1916) documents the 1916 Purdue Circus festivities. Though circus-related events ran throughout the day and into the evening, the sixteen (16) photographs included on the two scrapbook pages in this collection -- taken by Purdue Pharmacy student Merritt Tam -- only document the parade through downtown Lafayette on the morning of May 5, 1916. The photographs depict mostly clowns and student groups, both walking and riding in floats or carriages. Also...
Dates:
May 5, 1916