Homecoming Parade, 1965, Industrial Arts Club, photo 2

This image shows the back of Industrial Arts Club float riding in the Appalachian State Teachers College (1929-1967) Homecoming Parade on the track at Conrad Stadium, built 1962, in October 1965. The float was designed to look like a mountain with a graduate on the top, with degree titles written in black lettering along the sides. The float reads, "Appalachian Mount of Knowledge." Homecoming was an annual event that included dramatic performances, a parade, a dance, a football game, reunion activities, and the crowning of the Homecoming queen.

Students

Student Activities

Parades

Appalachian State University

General Picture Files, 2004.040, Box 35, Homecoming F2, C14.2.6.5.

University Archives, Appalachian State University

1965-10

News Bureau

JPEG

Photographs

English

Image

1960s

Appalachian State Teachers College (N.C.)

William J. Conrad Stadium (1962)

Series 2 -- Events

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