subject: Parades&processions
description- – A postcard showing Booker T. Washington walking with faculty during the academic procession to the ceremonies to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts on June 9, 1915. Booker T. Washington was a surprise speaker at the proceedings, delivering an eloquent address that spoke to the theme of the transformation of the freedman which had occurred in the fifty years since the schools founding in 1865.
subjectcollectiondatepublisherrelation- – Is a part of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute History Collection. University Archives and Special Collections, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, George C. Gordon Library, Worcester, Massachusetts. http://www.wpi.edu/+library
formatlanguage description- – A postcard showing the Academic Procession down Main Street to Mechanics Hall to the ceremonies to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts on June 9, 1915.
subjectcollectiondatepublisherrelation- – Is a part of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute History Collection. University Archives and Special Collections, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, George C. Gordon Library, Worcester, Massachusetts. http://www.wpi.edu/+library
formatlanguage description- – A postcard showing the Seniors in the Academic procession down Main Street to Mechanics Hall to the ceremonies to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts on June 9, 1915.
subjectcollectiondatepublisherrelation- – Is a part of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute History Collection. University Archives and Special Collections, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, George C. Gordon Library, Worcester, Massachusetts. http://www.wpi.edu/+library
formatlanguage description- – A postcard showing the procession of students, alumni, and faculty marching down Park Avenue to Alumni Field for the dedication of Alumni Field at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts. Alumni Field and Alumni Gymnasium were given to the college by the Worcester Polytechnic Institute Alumni in honor of the 50th Anniversary of the founding of the school in 1865.
subjectcollectiondatepublisherrelation- – Is a part of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute History Collection. University Archives and Special Collections, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, George C. Gordon Library, Worcester, Massachusetts. http://www.wpi.edu/+library
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