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[McMurry College Second Annual May Fete Program]

Description: Program for the Second Annual May Fete at McMurry College. The program includes three episodes entitled "A Thing of Beauty Is a Joy Forever - Keats," "Dance for Us Merry Dances That the Time May Pass More Gaily - Kiawatha," and "And the Dancing Guests Assembled Clad in all Their Highest Raiment - Longfellow."
Date: May 1, 1926
Partner: McMurry University Library

[Maifest Stage]

Description: Photograph of the stage for the Maifest play or pageant. There are four children on the stage in costume. Two of them are dressed as a king and a queen. There are flowers all over the stage. Written at the bottom of the photograph is "May 18, 1928."
Date: May 18, 1928
Creator: Winkelmann's Studio
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Student actors in a scene from a play]

Description: Photograph of two West Texas State Teachers College students in a scene from the play "The House Beautiful." They appear on stage with the stage curtain as a backdrop. The stage set consists of a small sofa, table and two chairs, an armchair and a lamp. The male actor is seated at the table with the female actor standing behind him
Date: 1926
Partner: Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum

[Portrait of Mary Louise Hanrick]

Description: Portrait of Mary Louise Hanrick at 12 years old wearing an elaborate costume and posing dramatically. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Mary Louise Hanrick, born June 26, 1908, Waco to Ripley Arnold Hanrick and Mary Louise Prescott." The photo was taken at the Texas Cotton Palace in Waco.
Date: 1920
Creator: Boyd Photo
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

D.W. Griffith Presents "The Birth of a Nation"

Description: Souvenir program from the silent motion picture, "The Birth of a Nation, the Most Stupendous and Fascinating Motion Picture Drama Created in the United States. Founded on Thomas Dixon's story 'The Clansman'", which presents an early 20th-century Southern view of Reconstruction. The program includes a list of cast members, statements about the creation of the film and background of the story, trivia about the film, and blurbs from reviewers.
Date: April 1, 1924
Creator: Griffith, D.W.
Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library
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