Homecoming Parade, 1968, photo 3
 

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“Homecoming Parade, 1968, photo 3,” Appalachian State University Libraries Digital Collections, accessed December 23, 2024, https://omeka.library.appstate.edu/items/show/10848.


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Title

Homecoming Parade, 1968, photo 3

Description

This image shows a bus transporting the marching band in the Homecoming parade at Appalachian State Teachers College (1929-1967) in 1968. Band members can be seen playing instruments through the windows. The B. B. Dougherty Administration Building, built 1968, is in the background. Homecoming was an annual event at Appalachian State Teachers College, including plays, a parade, a dance, a football game, reunion activities, and the crowning of the Homecoming queen.

Subject

Students
Student Activities
Parades
Appalachian State University

Source

General Picture Files, 2004.040, Box 16, Alumni F1, C14.2.3.4.

Publisher

University Archives, Appalachian State University

Date

1968

Format

JPEG
Photographs

Language

English

Type

Image

Temporal Coverage

1960s

Corporate Names

Appalachian State Teachers College (N.C.). Marching Band

Place Names

B. B. Dougherty Administration Building (1968)

Series

Series 2 -- Events

File name

3542_2004_040_A.jpg

Sponsors

The Appalachian State University Historical Photographs Digitization Project is supported with federal Library Service and Technology Act (LSTA) funds made possible through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources through the North Carolina ECHO, 'Exploring Cultural Heritage Online' Digitization Grant Program.