Duck Pond, circa 1968
 

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“Duck Pond, circa 1968,” Appalachian State University Libraries Digital Collections, accessed December 26, 2024, https://omeka.library.appstate.edu/items/show/14462.


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Title

Duck Pond, circa 1968

Description

This image shows two ducks swimming in the Duck Pond at Appalachian State University (1967-current) in the 1960s. Justice Hall, built 1952, and several parked cars can be seen in the background. Since 1927, the pond was present on Appalachian State campus. Ducks populated the pond steadily until the early 1980s, when the University began limiting the amount of ducks in residence. The pond renamed Tomlinson Park in 1987.

Subject

Student Housing
Dormitories
Waterfowl
Appalachian State University

Source

General Picture File, 2004.040, Box 4, Justice Hall, C14.1.6.4.

Publisher

University Archives, Appalachian State University

Contributor

News Bureau

Format

JPEG
Photographs

Language

English

Type

Image

Corporate Names

Appalachian State University. Office of Housing and Residence Life

Place Names

Justice Residence Hall (1952). Tomlinson Park (1987)

Date Range

1960-1969

Series

Series 1 -- Campus and Buildings

File name

7170_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.