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1. Canoe Fete, 1 of 2
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Items from a collection of University of Oregon faculty, students, buildings, organizations, and events. Items in this folder depict University of Oregon Canoe Fetes. The Canoe Fete was an annual event where students dressed in costumes, decorated canoes, and floated in a parade down the Eugene Millrace.
2. Canoe Fete, 1 of 2 [33] (recto)
Canoe Fete, 1 of 2 [33] (recto)
Description
Item from a collection of University of Oregon faculty, students, buildings, organizations, and events. A group of university students march their float down Willamette St. during the annual junior weekend Parade. In the background, there is one float representing the Hindu goddess Parvati, and one float with a Mosque-like structure. These floats, suggest that the Canoe Fete's theme involved Eastern culture. The students in the foreground appear to have artificually darkened their skin to look more Eastern. Many of the students parading in front of the float are barefoot and dressed like slaves; a slave-driver type character is walking amongst these students with a whip. The student standing on top of the float appears to be dressed as a genie; the float structure he stands on appears to be the genie's lamp. Crowds gather on the sidewalks to watch this culturally appropriated spectacle. A marquee sign advertises Take Me Out to the Ball Game, featuring Gene Kelly, which suggests this parade is happening around 1949.
3. Canoe Fete, 1 of 2 [38] (recto)
Canoe Fete, 1 of 2 [38] (recto)
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Item from a collection of University of Oregon faculty, students, buildings, organizations, and events. A parade float named Fisherman and the Genie makes its way down the street. The sign on the front of the float says, Sigma Kappa / McChesney Hall / Sigma Alpha Mu. College students in costumes sit on the float next to a large genie sculpture. Spectators line the street to watch the parade.
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