Stilt Figures at Hobo Parade | University of Illinois Archives

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Title:

Stilt Figures at Hobo Parade

Date:

October 1932

Description:

Featured are marchers in the annual Hobo Parade in downtown Champaign. The Hobo Parade was an annual event where people dressed up on costumes and attire resembling that of hobos. However, on campus, this expanded to different outfits and disguises meant to satirize elements of the Champaign Urbana community.

Two people stand off to the side of the parade march. While dressed like traditional hobos, they are standing on stilts that set them apart from the others in the shot. This image is a shot from the Bernard Strauch collection of Hobo Parade Imagery.

Due to the volatile nature of nitrate film, the image can be found here:

https://medusa.library.illinois.edu/cfs_files/54039046

Phys. Desc:

Digital File can be found in JP_2 and TIF

ID:

2630002_ACT_5_9229_HoboParade_1932

Repository:

University of Illinois Archives

Found in:

26/30/2 Bernard A. Strauch Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

Creators:

Strauch, Bernard A.

Subjects:

Hobo Parade

Rights:

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