Home Economics Class, 1956

This image shows a Home Economics class meeting in 1956-57 in the Home Economics Building, formerly the first Administration Building, built 1905. Students are seen in the background taking notes, while a teacher sits behind a desk to the left. By 1956, the Department of Home Economics had courses for undergraduate and graduate programs, and advanced classes in nutrition and institutional management. This image appears in the 1957 Rhododendron (p. 19).

Students

Home Economics

Appalachian State University

Pritchett Collection, 2003.080, Classroom Shots 1957 Rhododendron, C14.1.4.3

University Archives, Appalachian State University

1956-1957

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Photographs

English

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1950s

Appalachian State Teachers College (N.C.). Department of Home Economics

Home Economics Building (1905)

Series 6 -- Colleges, Departments, Offices, and Centers

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