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Identifier: 
exwa_wmup_u-10002
Filename: 
exwa_wmup_u-10002.tif
Title: 
Interior of show tent, Redpath Chautaugua, East Campus, Western Michigan University
Date: 
approximately 1920
Description: 
Interior of the show tent for the Redpath Chautauqua circuit, pitched at Davis & Cedar Streets in Kalmamazoo, MIchigan for a summer session during the World War I period. Photograph views from the back of the tent looking over the crowd to the stage. The Redpath Chautauqua circult was a traveling group who presenting music dramas, usually school sponsored. This was an adult education movement in rural America that brought entertainment and culture to the community with speakers, musicians and showman. Kalamzoo’s first Chautauqua was held in 1909 and later in 1909. Western State Normal School sponsored the Redpath Chautauqua to come over the next fourteen years until its last appearance in 1926.
Subject: 
Chautauquas--Michigan--Kalamazoo--Pictorial works
Subject: 
Chautauquas--History
Subject: 
Tent shows--Michigan--Kalamazoo
Subject: 
Crowds--Michigan--Kalamazoo--Pictorial works
Location: 
Kalamazoo (Mich.)
Time Period: 
1920 - 1929
Source: 
8 x 10 in., black-and-white print, WMU Photograph Collection, U-10002
Collection: 
Western Michigan University Archives Photograph Collection
Publisher: 
Western Michigan University
Digital Date: 
2020
Rights Statement: 
https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Rights Status: 
In Copyright
Access Rights: 
Digital reproduction published by Western Michigan University Library and made available for private study, scholarship or research use under applicable U.S. Law. Access to digital reproductions provided by Western Michigan University Archives and Regional History Collections, Zhang Legacy Collections Center.
Type: 
Image
File Format: 
image/tiff
Box Barcode: 
Box 49, Barcode: 31141021784504