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Object Description

Object Name

Print, Photographic

Object ID

4871

Title

May Queen Phyllis Sailes with Christine Hassel (left) and Jean Bodaly (right).

Date

[May 1936 or 1937].

Description

May Queen Phyllis Sailes with Christine Hassl (left) and Jean Bodaly (right). Peggy Allen is bent over in the left background with her daughter behind her. 2 copies of the image in the file.

Photo Inscription/Caption

On back of one: "Christine Hassel, Phyllis Sailes, Jean Bodaly. Peggy Allen (Mrs. Macklin) and her little girl standing beside her"
On the back of the other photo : "Phyllis 15 years may 1937 Cross is [marks] Peggy Allen + little girl. Queen Phyllis"

People/Subject

Allen, Peggy

Daughter of Jim and Annie Allen (nee Simpson).

Bodaly, Jean

Jean Bodaly was part of the May Day-May Queen celebrations in 1936.

Hassel, Christine

Christine Hassel was part of the May Day-May Queen celebrations in about 1936.

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.

May Queen

Term Source: HPC Record (HPC-230/1026)

Sailes, Phyllis

Sister of Laverne Sailes. May Queen in 1937.

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