Students Feeding Strays, circa 1975

This image shows students sitting on steps, feeding two stray dogs at Appalachian State University (1967-current) in the 1970s. Students are holding trays from Welborn Cafeteria, built 1925. Stray dogs were common on the Appalachian State campus during the 1970s, where they were fed by students and allowed to roam freely until the campus began enforcing leash laws.

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Student Activities

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Appalachian State University

General Picture Files, 2004.040, Box 19, Campus Scenes F11, C14.2.4.1.

University Archives, Appalachian State University

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Appalachian State University

1970-1979

Series 5 -- Students, Student Organizations, Student Life

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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.

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