Rhododendron, circa 1955, photographs

This image shows a a student having his yearbook photograph taken in a gymnasium in what is possibly Chapell Wilson Hall, built 1938, at Appalachian State Teachers College (1929-1967) during the mid-1950s. A student sits on a trunk in front of a screen backdrop on the right while a photographer takes a photograph on the left. Other students can be seen in the background. Rhododendron yearbook photographs were taken each fall, either by the Rhododendron staff or by contract with local businesses such as Palmer's Photo Shop in Boone, NC.

Students

Student Activities

Publications

Appalachian State University

Pritchett Collection, 2003.080, Box 7, Misc. People ND, C14.1.5.1.

University Archives, Appalachian State University

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Appalachian State Teachers College (N.C.). Rhododendron

1950-1959

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.