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Gay Cat Day participants assembling in front of Old Main prior to start of the parade to downtown Fargo, North Dakota Agricultural College
Title
Gay
Cat
Day
participants
assembling
in
front
of
Old
Main
prior
to
start
of the
parade
to
downtown
Fargo
,
North
Dakota
Agricultural
College
Date of Original
1921-05-05
Description
Student
assembling
in
front
of
Old
Main
in
preparation
for the
start
of the
Gay
Cat
Day
parade
which
would
leave
from
campus
and
go
through
downtown
Fargo
and
end
up
back
at
Old
Main.
Ordering Information
Consult:
http://library.ndsu.edu/ndsuarchives/duplication-services
General Subject
Colleges & Universities
Social Life & Customs
Subject (LCTGM)
Buildings
Automobiles
Students
Cobblestone streets
Parades & processions
Subject (LCSH)
Student activities
Organization Name
Old Main (Fargo, N.D.)
Ladd Hall (Fargo, N.D.)
North Dakota State University
Location
Fargo (N.D.)
Cass County (N.D.)
North Dakota
United States
Decade
1920-1929
Negative Number
2537a
Format of Original
Glass negatives
Dimensions of Original
13 x 18 cm.
Publisher of Original
North Dakota Agricultural College (Fargo, N.D.)
Place of Publication
Fargo (N.D.)
Transcription
"Gay
Cat
Day
Parade
,
Start"
Notes
Photographer unknown.
Title supplied by staff.
Biography/History
The
first
Gay
Cat
Day
was
held
in
May
of
1920
and the
event
lasted
until
May
of
1927.
"The
traditional
Gay
Cat
Day
is
an
annual
feature
of the
closing
days
of the
school
year.
Usually
the
last
Friday
in
May
is
set
aside
for this
day
of
hilarity
and
sport."
(1926
Bison
Yearbook)
Repository Institution
North Dakota State University Libraries, University Archives
Repository Collection
NDSU University Archives Glass Negative Collection
Credit Line
University Archives, NDSU, Fargo (GPN 2537a)
Rights Management
Copyright held by the University Archives.
Language
eng
Digital ID
ua000200
Original Source
glass negative
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