Viewing Object

Object Description

Object ID

2013.012.022

Title

Children Dressed for May Day Standing in Front of Building.

Date

[1935?].

Description

4 children, 2 boys and 2 girls, standing in front of an unknown building. They are wearing May Day costumes, which suggests this photograph may have been taken at or before May Day celebrations; one of the boys or both boys might be members of the Ellens family of Willoughby.

People/Subject

May Day celebrations

Fort Langley established its May Day in 1922, and it continues to be an annual tradition (2003). In Langley, May Day refers to the 24 of May, the date of the birth of Queen Victoria. The first May Day was held in Fort Langley, then the event moved to Langley Prairie from 1923-1957. In 1958 the Langley Kinsmen gave up the event, and it returned to Fort Langley where it was organized by the Community Improvement Society and the Fort Langley Lions club, and finally a community committee. May Day celebrations include the crowning of the May Queen and the May pole dancing.

Superbase See Also: May Day Celebrations - Langley Prairie
Term Source: Warren Sommer's "From Prairie to City", p. 154.

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