Founder's Day
Class of 1922 performing at the song contest
Class of 1922 performing at the song contest
Students in costume
Class of 1926 at the song contest
Class of 1923 march to the song contest
Class of 1923 performing in the song contest
Class of 1924 at the song contest
Students boxing at the "County Fair"
Students in costume at the faculty-student baseball game
Students dressed as crew boat racers with field hockey sticks as paddles
Dean C. Mildred Thompson dressed in wings and a halo at the festivities after the Founder's Day parade
Students at the faculty-student baseball game
Class of 1920 with the winning banner at the song contest
Students in costume, three in stereotypical Native American dress
Class of 1928 at the song contest
Class of 1924 at the song contest
Nine-pin game, set up by students in pirate costumes
Child in costume at the faculty-student baseball game
Students in costume at the faculty-student baseball game
Class of 1924 marching to the song contest
An unidentified woman placing a wreath on Georgia A Kendrick's grave at the Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery, which was visited by a contingent from Vassar on Founder's Day
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