Fort Hays Kansas State College Students Performing at the 50th Anniversary Commemoration

Creator

Preview

Identifier

A120_04_007

Date

10-31-1952

Description

The black and white photograph was taken in Sheridan Coliseum on October 31, 1952. Four people are standing behind a stage prop that a fifth person is operating. The prop is an 8-foot-tall book with a moving page and edges embellished like a picture frame. The four people behind the prop are dressed in mid-1800s clothing and posing as a “picture” in the book. They are Buffalo Bill, General Forsyth, Calamity Jane, and Wild Bill Hickock. The first on the left is wearing a topcoat, a vest, plaid pants, a top hat, and a fake handlebar mustache. The second is wearing a double-breasted Civil War uniform with a slouch hat. The third is wearing a long, full skirt, a buttoned shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat. The fourth is wearing a tall cowboy hat, a shirt tied with a belt, and tall black boots. The man moving the prop is wearing a formal suit jacket, slacks, and dress shoes. The background shows tiered wooden auditorium seats and a large curtain draped on the wall.

Physical Description

black and white photograph

Keywords

Fort Hays State University, Ellis County (Kan.), Men, Students, Performances, Women, Anniversaries

Rights

© Fort Hays State University

Publisher

Digitized by Forsyth Digital Collections

Repository

Forsyth Library Archives and Special Collections Catalog

Comments

For questions contact ScholarsRepository@fhsu.edu

Recommended Citation

"Fort Hays Kansas State College Students Performing at the 50th Anniversary Commemoration" (1952). University Archives Photographs Collection. 1016.
https://scholars.fhsu.edu/ua_photographs/1016

Language

eng