May Day [on the lawn between Newman House and Griffith Hall - "The Rape of the Lock" dance play based on the mock epic by Alexander Pope - students dressed as playing cards - (in no particular order): Elizabeth Burrell '37, Betty Moody '38, Leona Speiser '38, Elizabeth Broughton '38, Mary Fuller '38, Thelma Pullman '38, Helen Bates '36, Jean Becker '39, Frances Wheeler '38, Helen Wellman '39, Gene Rankin '38, Edith Cosgrove '39, Jane Fennell '39, Betty Fishback '39, Marjorie Kirk '39)]
gelatin silver print ; 20.3 x 25.4 cm. ; [printed later from original negative]
Local Note
See "Skidmore News," May 16, 1936, p.1 - A cropped version of the image appears in 1937 Eromdiks, p.192 - a vintage print of this image is located in the Skidmore College Archives - Vertical Files - May Day - 1936-1937.
Archive Location
George S. Bolster Photograph Collection ; Binder #4
