Homecoming Parade, 1955, photo 4

This image shows the Homecoming parade in October 1955. The parade float of the Westminster Fellowship, reading "The Christ Center." It includes a group of people dressed from various cultures kneeling before a cross. It is seen traveling west in front of Dauph-Blan Hall, built 1929, on the Promenade. In the background to the right, Halloween decorations can be seen, including a collection of white crosses planted in front of Dauph-Blan, with a stuffed scarecrow lying on the ground next to them. The northeastern side of the Administration Building, built 1924, can be seen at the left.

Students

Student Activities

Parades

Appalachian State University

Pritchett Collection, 2003.080, Homecoming 1955, C14.1.4.2

University Archives, Appalachian State University

1955-10

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Photographs

English

Image

1950s

Appalachian State Teachers College (N.C.). Westminister Fellowship

Dauph-Blan Residence Hall (1929)

Series 2 -- Events

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