A campus pageant strikes a classical note

Photograph shows women wearing costumes as part of the commencement ceremony at Mills College in Oakland, California. The performers pretend to be medieval spinners walking home from the mill.

Publication date: 1931-06-28

Size: 17.1 x 20.2 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Geography:

• Oakland (Calif.)

Subject(s):

• Costumes--1930-1940
• Women--1930-1940
• Manners & customs--California--Oakland--1930-1940
• Universities & colleges--California--Oakland--1930-1940
• Mills College--People--California--Oakland--1930-1940

Genre(s):

• Photographs

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (June 28, 1931), p. 6

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Contributor(s):

• Acme Newspictures (New York, N.Y.)