Commencement ceremonies; Academic costume; College theater; Actors;
Note with photo reads: "Rachel Carson, distinguished marine biologist and author, whose "The Sea Around Us" brought her world fame a decade ago, delivered the address at Scripps College's 32nd commencement in Claremont Tuesday afternoon. She is...
Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.); College students; College theater; Blackface entertainers; African costumes and attire
Two Pomona College students in blackface perform a dance during the "Plug Ugly," an annual Vaudeville-like student theatrical production, in 1916. The male student is wearing balls on the sides of his head and holding a spear. The female student...
Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.); College theater; Costume; Intersexuality
A male student dressed as a hermaphrodite with the left side of his body in male clothing and the right side in female clothing. The composite image contains three views: one with him facing to the right, one to the center, and one to the left.
Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.); Posters; Caricatures and cartoons; Racism in cartoons; College theater
A poster promoting the annual "Plug Ugly" student farce. A cartoon figure of an African native with a nose ring and spear is standing at center. A title under the figure reads "King Stover." On the left side are the words: "Plug Ugly 'Isle of...