Card, Dance

Name/Title

Card, Dance

Entry/Object ID

1.15.29

Description

Um-Zoo-Wee Club Dance Card. Material: paper, textile. Size: 3" x 4 1/2" folded card. Description: white card stock folder dance card with a pink tasseled cord attached; printed diagonally across front in red and gold: "A Happy New Year, UM-ZOO-WEE CLUB, Season 1896-97, Third Season"; inside programme starting at 8:30 p.m. with 18 numbered lines filled in with women's names next to the name of the dance: 1 Waltz - Salma; 2 Deux Temps - Emma; 3 Waltz - Jo Welch; 4 Deux Temps - Miss Herzog; 5 Waltz - Salma; 6 Deux Temps - Salma; 7 Lanciers - Mrs. Warren; 8 Waltz - Miss Hale; 9 Deux Temps - Mrs. Ward; 10 Waltz Mrs. Lyons; 11 Deux Temps - Blank; 12 Waltz Quadrille - Jo Welch; 13 Deux Temps - Mrs. Lyons; 14 Waltz - Mrs. Lyons; 15 Deux Temps - Mrs. Humphreys; 16 Waltz - Miss Hale; 1st Extra - Salma; 2nd Extra - Miss Lougee. Reverse side of card handwritten 4th - Miss Armstrong and 8 - Miss Bughe; printed are the names of the club officers. Minneapolis social club in the 1890s.

Context

The UM-ZOO-WEE Club was a Minneapolis social club whose members included the Emerson Cole family; daughter, Daisy Cole married Roscoe Percy Ward in 1893 and it appears that Waseca people were guests at a club dance in 1896.

Cataloged By

Legacy Photo Import

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Card, Dance

Class

Documentary Artifact

Category

Communication Artifacts

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Create Date

April 28, 2015

Update Date

November 21, 2024