Engineering students with snake float in 1930 Engineers Fair, in honor of Saint Patrick
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Item information
- Title:
- Engineering students with snake float in 1930 Engineers Fair, in honor of Saint Patrick
- Description:
- Transcribed from photograph: Engineering students honored St. Patrick as the patron saint of their profession. St. Patrick, they claimed, in driving the snakes from Ireland, had invented the first "worm drive." In commemoration of this legendary feat, the annual Engineers' Fair would culminate in festivities honoring St. Patrick. In 1930 students constructed a 200-foot replica of one of the worms for a parade along Raleigh's Fayetteville Street.
- Topics:
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Engineering
Student Life
- Subjects:
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Engineers
Parade floats
Parades
Snakes
- Original Format:
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Black and white print (photograph)
- Extent:
- 5 x 7 inches
- Item identifier:
- 0005901
- Photographer:
- Barden, Albert more info on Barden, Albert
- Created Date:
- Names:
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North Carolina State University. College of Engineering
more info on North Carolina State University. College of Engineering
North Carolina State College more info on North Carolina State College
- Location:
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Raleigh (N.C.)
- Digital Project:
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University Archives Photographs
Source information
- Repository:
- Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries
- Collection:
- University Archives Photograph Collection. Organizations (UA023.023) held by Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries
- Note field:
- Not all materials from the physical collection may have been scanned. Images may have been enhanced for web access.
- Rights:
- For questions regarding copyright or permissions, please refer to our Reproduction, Use, Citation, and Copyright page (http://d.lib.ncsu.edu/collections/about).