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Date of Work
May 28-29, 1914
Identification #
UAP 16940
Additional Information
The Departure of Verendrye, a scene from the Pageant of the Northwest, held at the Bankside Theatre in 1914. This scene includes several student and Native American performers in costume and canoes on the English Coulee. The Pageant of the Northwest was written by eighteen students under the supervision of Orin G. Libby and Fredrick Koch. The pageant employed several students and a few Native American extras to portray the four successive stages of the exploration of the Northwest.
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Subject
Bankside Theatre; Pageant of the Northwest; English Coulee; Costumes; Canoes; Native Americans; Play; Plays; Canoes and canoeing; Costume; Coulees; Indians of North America; Theaters - Stage-setting and scenery; College students
Places Depicted
North Dakota--English Coulee (N.D.); North Dakota--Grand Forks; North Dakota
Organizations Depicted
University of North Dakota; Bankside Theatre (Grand Forks, N.D.); Pageant of North-West (1914)
People Depicted
Libby, Orin Grant, 1864-1952; Koch, Fredrick