Flanked by her attendants, May Queen Anna Negley '27, sits on her seashell throne. By the mid-1920s, Pennsylvania College for Women held a May Day pageant every other year. The 1927 pageant had an undersea theme and featured a magic throne, pirates, Neptune, Davy Jones, mermaids, and other sea people. Titled, “Deep Sea Caverns,” the festival was written by Helen Gordon ’28 and Ethel Hamilton ’28 (Hamilton passed away before graduating.). Vanda Kerst once again directed the production and designed the costumes.
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Oceans and Maritime Pursuits, 1920s, Universities, Colleges, Private Schools and Academia
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Category: Oceans and Maritime Pursuits, Technology, 1950s, Weapons
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Category: Clowns, Fairs, Amusement Parks, and Resorts, Oceans and Maritime Pursuits, 1960s
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Category: Eccentrics, Oceans and Maritime Pursuits, Marriage, 1970s
Rocket iceboat can do 250 miles per hour A rocket-propelled iceboat capable of a speed of 250 miles an hour on smooth ice has been designed by Reaction Motors , Inc of America , and tested on frozen Lake Hopatcong New Jersey . The boat weighs 1,648 pounds. Photo shows: The iceboat streaking over Lake Hopatcong piloted by Puck Wellington. It was travelling at 95 miles an hour , rough ice and snow patches made higher speeds dangerous . 7 March 1947
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Category: Death, Oceans and Maritime Pursuits, Technology, 1940s, Outrageous Excess
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Category: Animals, Movies, Oceans and Maritime Pursuits, Comics, 1900s, Pranks
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Category: Oceans and Maritime Pursuits, Alcohol, Nausea, Revulsion and Disgust
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Cryptozoology, Oceans and Maritime Pursuits, 1920s
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Category: Oceans and Maritime Pursuits, Junk Food, Asia, Nausea, Revulsion and Disgust
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Category: Eccentrics, Oceans and Maritime Pursuits, Unauthorized Dwellings, Middle East
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