Historical Images of Porter County
Native Americans and Pipe
Pageant of the Dunes, 1917
Indiana Dunes State Park
Date: 1917
Source Type: Postcard
Publisher, Printer, Photographer: AZO
Postmark: None
Collection: Steven R. Shook
Remark: The Historical Pageant of the Dunes
took place on May 30, 1917, using Waverly Beach as an amphitheater. The pageant
was an enormous event comprising hundreds of actors and attracting estimated
40,000 spectators. The event was undertaken to generate support for the creation
of a state or national park. The following quote is from the program published for the event by the
Dunes Pageant Association:
"For many years there has been an active propaganda for the conservation of
natural beauty about Chicago, the preservation of the Indiana Sand Dunes as a
protected state or national park, being especially desired. This association
believed that in no better way could the value and beauty of the Dunes be shown
the residents of Indiana and Illinois than by an historical pageant which would
in the first part accent the remarkable connection of the Dune country with
American history, and in the second part project the wonder and beauty of the
Dunes, through poetry, music and dancing."
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Image and related text prepared by Steven R. Shook