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Title
Pauline Clark Religious Portrait
Description
Portrait of Pauline Clark (m. Hirons) dressed in a ceremonial costume used for a Catholic pageant or feast celebration associated with the Children of Mary Sodality at St. Bridget’s Church.
The sodality’s members frequently presented religious plays and pageants in the spring, expressing themes of purity, devotion, and service to Mary. The staff (crozier), white dress, and veil evoke pastoral and Marian imagery. The costume broadly represents the devotional and dramatic traditions of Catholic parish life in the 1920s.
Pauline E Clark was born in Maynard in 1908 and graduated from Maynard High School in 1926.
The sodality’s members frequently presented religious plays and pageants in the spring, expressing themes of purity, devotion, and service to Mary. The staff (crozier), white dress, and veil evoke pastoral and Marian imagery. The costume broadly represents the devotional and dramatic traditions of Catholic parish life in the 1920s.
Pauline E Clark was born in Maynard in 1908 and graduated from Maynard High School in 1926.
Creator
George D. Elson
Date
1925 ca
Contributor
Donated by the estate of Pauline Hirons
Identifier
2025.473