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Highlights : Entertainment : Theatre / Pageants

Subcategory Theatre / Pageants contains 13 item(s).

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front Jeanne D' Arc Performance
1909
1996.12.2676
Theater was one of the arts that flourished in many communities in the early 1900's.
front Indians Glimpse a Vision of the Future
1916
1996.12.3100
The outdoor historical pageants of Deerfield, Massachusetts, reveal how many Americans used the past to express their own hopes and fears for the future.
front "Anachronism"
1910-1916
1996.14.0579
Stepping out of his 18th century character, this 'Indian' photographs a fellow 'Indian' in a child-like pose next to an anxious looking 'Puritan' woman.
front "Leaving for Bloody Brook"
1910-1916
1996.14.0588.01-.09
In Deerfield Massachusetts' historical pageants, early 20th century villagers re-enacted scenes from the town's colonial past.
front "Elizabethan Group"
1916
1996.14.0633.01-.02
Dancers depicting Old England recalled ethnic English dancers in the early 20th century when Americans were fearful of immigration from Eastern and Southern Europe.
front "Spirit of the Wheat"
1913
1996.14.0639.01-.06
These young women represented the "Spirit of the Wheat" in a historical pageant in Deerfield, Massachusetts, in 1913.
front Minister Leading Puritans
1913
1996.14.1381.01-.07
This image of a Puritan minister leading his flock gives us an idea of the magnitude of the Old Deerfield, Massachusetts, historical pageants where 20th century Deerfielders acted out scenes they imagined from their town's past in colonial-revival theatre.
front Shakespeare and the Spirit of Vision
1916
1996.14.1383.01-.06
1916 marked the 300th anniversary of William Shakespeare's death and many pageants staged that year included references to his plays.
front Native Americans praying
1913
1996.14.1395.01-.04
Deerfield men imitate "Indians" praying during a 1913 historical pageant.
front "Spirit of Religion Leading the Puritans"
1916
1996.14.1426.01-.06
With torch in hand, the Spirit of Religion leads the Pilgrims out of England to find religious freedom.

 

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