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May Crowning

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Item Description

Title: May Crowning

Photographer

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

Source Document

Extent: 1 image

Description

1945 portrait photo of women and young girls standing in what may be a chapel as they take part in 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.

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

Subject/topic

Note [Digital Version]

2009-04-22, Center for Digital Initiatives, University of Vermont Libraries

Type of Resource: still image

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Permanent Link:

http://cdi.uvm.edu/collections/item/mcalB10F31i06

Preferred citation

May Crowning, Louis L. McAllister Photographs, Box B10, Folder 31, Item 06, http://cdi.uvm.edu/collections/item/mcalB10F31i06 (accessed May 20, 2013)

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I believe this is the interior of the Chapel at Fanny Allen Hospital, Winooski Park (Colchester), VT. Probably not a May Crowning.

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