Inaugural SHS May Court

Print, Photographic

Print, Photographic

Name/Title

Inaugural SHS May Court

Description

Black and white photographic print of group of people taken in a gymnasium; center of the print is girl seated in a draped chair under a floral arch, dressed in white and has flowers in hair; to each side of her is series of potted palms to each end of the stage where a seated man is wearing light pants, dark coat, bow tie and holding a trumpet; in front of and below the girl in the center is a platform raised from the floor and on this platform are 5 girls dressed in white on the left side and 5 men dressed in light pants and dark coats on the right side, at the center of platform sitting on a small step is a small girl.

Photograph Details

Subject

People identified: May Queen, Bertha Worland; trumpeters, Richard Jones (l) and Raymond Leslie (r); crown bearer, Millie Talbert; girls (left to right) Mary Beth Wilson, Margaret Mardis, Louise Arbuckle, Mary Frances Stubbs, Dorothy Pittman; boys (right to left) Arthur Barnett, Charles Whitman, Kenneth Graham, Charles Antle, Richard Rottet.

Subject Place

City

Shelbyville

Township

Addison Township

County

Shelby County

State/Province

Indiana

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Context

This photograph was taken of the inaugural Shelbyville High School May Court and it was organized by the donor, who was teaching at SHS at the time.

Collection

Lela McKeand

Category

SHS May Festival
Shelby County Schools, Education

Acquisition

Accession

1986.004

Source or Donor

Lela McKeand

Acquisition Method

Donation

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

James F. Orebaugh

Attribution

Attributed to

Role

Photographer

Studio

The Orebaugh Studio

Date made

May 1924

Time Period

20th Century

Place

City

Shelbyville

Township

Addison Township

County

Shelby County

State/Province

Indiana

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Notes

Attributed to Orebaugh, as donor said that is who took picture.

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Create Date

December 19, 2001

Update Date

November 1, 2024