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Title: P.O.P. Arrangements
Description: Short article which describes the festivities planned for the Priests of Pallas event in the Fall of 1907. Mentioned are the masquerade ball, parade, ballet, Elks Humbug Circus, list of prizes, etc.
Date: 1907-09-21
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Priests of Pallas, Flight of the Hours
Description: Postcard of a float in the 1908 Priests of Pallas parade called Flight of the Hours.
Date: 1908
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Priests of Pallas, Pallas Arrives in Kansas City
Description: Postcard of a float in Kansas City's Priests of Pallas Parade.
Date: 1908
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Priests of Pallas, Oxen Team
Description: Postcard showing Ezra Meeker's oxen team in Motion at the 1910 Priests of Pallas Parade.
Date: 1910
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Priests of Pallas, Monoplane
Description: Postcard of a monoplane float from the 1910 Priests of Pallas Parade.
Date: 1910
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Priests of Pallas, Diamond Veil
Description: Postcard of a float, The Diamond Veil, from the 1909 Priests of Pallas parade
Date: 1909
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Priests of Pallas, Night
Description: Postcard of a float from the 1909 Priests of Pallas Parade.
Date: 1909
Object Type: Postcard

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: 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: 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

Title: P4 Frank Ford Photograph Collection Finding Aid
Description: The collection's 117 developed photographs and 51 glass plate negatives show scenes from around the turn of the twentieth century by local amateur photographer, Frank S. Ford. They include photographs which detail local events as well as rural, pastoral, and human interest views.
Date: 1890~/1915~
Object Type: Finding Aid