Homecoming Dance, 1958, queen, photo 2

This image shows the Homecoming dance at Appalachian State Teachers College (1929-1967) in October 1958. Students dance on the basketball court in the Broome-Kirk Gymnasium, built 1955. Homecoming queen Jean Rankin can be seen dancing in the foreground. The annual Homecoming celebrations included a parade, dramatic plays, the crowing of the Homecoming queen, an alumni reunion, a football game, and a dance.

Students

Student Activities

Appalachian State University

Pritchett Collection, 2003.080, Box 4, Homecoming Dance 1958, C14.1.4.4.

University Archives, Appalachian State University

1958-10

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Photographs

English

Image

1950s

Appalachian State Teachers College (N.C.)

Broome-Kirk Health and Physical Education Building (1955)

Series 2 -- Events

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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.