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Item Description

Title: Portraits, children, unidentified

Photographer

• McAllister, L. L. (Louis L.), 1877-1963

Source Document

Description

Undated portrait photo of women and children being part of May Crowning, a traditional Roman Catholic ritual that occurs in the month of May whereby an image or likeness of the Blessed Virgin is ceremonially crowned recognizing her as Queen of Heaven and the Mother of God. Women hold lilies and gladiolas, children hold bouquets of daisies. Some are dressed in robes with flower garlands in their hair.

Genre(s): photographs, black-and-white photographs

Subject/topic

• Portrait photography
• Young women
• Worship programs
• Girls
• Boys
• Children
• Women

Note [Digital Version]

2008-06-13, Center for Digital Initiatives, University of Vermont Libraries

Type of Resource: still image

Parent Collections

• Louis L. McAllister Photographs

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