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Title: Priests of Pallas Parade Carriage
Description: Man and child in formal dress in horse-drawn carriage.
Date: 1905
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Priests of Pallas Parade Float
Description: People in costume atop horse-drawn float.
Date: 1896
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Priests of Pallas Parade Float
Description: Men in costume near horse-drawn float bearing oversized woman.
Date: 1895
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Priests of Pallas Parade Float
Description: People in costume atop horse-drawn float.
Date: 1899
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Priests of Pallas Plaque
Description: Plaque commerating the 1906 Priests of Pallas Parade, Ball, and Carnival Ball.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Men in Costume
Description: Group portrait of four men in costume.
Date: 1895
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Woman on Horseback
Description: Woman in formal dress on horseback in front of Laird Drug Company, located at 1035 Broadway.
Date: 1896
Object Type: Photograph

Title: SC44 Priests of Pallas Collection Finding Aid
Description: This collection contains items relating to the annual Priests of Pallas festival held in Kansas City during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The events were comparable to Mardi Gras in New Orleans and the Veiled Prophet celebration in St. Louis. This is an artificial collection created from items that were originally classed in the library's holdings.
Date: 1887/2007
Object Type: Finding Aid

Title: Priests of Pallas Parade Float
Description: Women in formal dress atop bicycles guiding an oversized float; onlookers nearby.
Date: 1897
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Onlookers and Floats
Description: Floats in the Flower Parade with onlookers nearby, looking north along Delaware from the southeast corner of 7th Street.
Date: 1897~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Priests of Pallas Parade Float
Description: Man, woman and children posed near bicycle-driven float.
Date: 1897
Object Type: Photograph

Title: The Priests of Pallas - Kansas City's Grand Fall Festival and Promotional Wonder
Description: Article describes the origins and significance of the Priests of Pallas parade and ball. Kansas City leaders initiated the festival to "broadcast the expansion and culture of their rapidly growing urban center", the "Athens" of the Middle West.
Date: 2005-09
Object Type: Newsletter Article

Title: Priests of Pallas: Kansas City's Forgotten Fall Festival
Description: Article about the Priests of Pallas event held in Kansas City starting in 1887 and finally ending for good in 1924. It was designed to draw people to the city and was held in the fall. Gives the history and includes various illustrations with footnotes accompanying the article.
Date: 2003
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Parade Float Sketch
Description: Sketch of a parade float by German-born Kansas City artist William Weber. A figure on the float is standing near a plow. Another is reading from a pulpit. Others are seated.
Date: 1890~
Object Type: Artwork

Title: Parade Float Sketch
Description: Sketch of a parade float by German-born Kansas City artist William Weber. The figures on the float are dressed in military Civil War-era costumes and moving a cannon. A shield near the front of the float reads 61. Illegible notes are written along the top and bottom margins of the drawing.
Date: 1890~
Object Type: Artwork

Title: SC133 William Weber Collection Finding Aid
Description: This collection contains sketches by William Weber. Weber was a German-born artist who lived in Kansas City, taught drawing at Central High School, and designed floats for local parades.
Date: 1890
Object Type: Finding Aid

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