University of Denver

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Black and white print of a float in the University of Denver's 1982 Homecoming parade. Seven students are sitting or standing on the back of a flatbed truck, including musicians playing drumset, trumpet, and clarinet, and one person wearing a striped referee's shirt, along with a life-size papier-mache statue. The side of the float is labeled "University of Denver Piooner PUSH Undergraduate Alumni Association" and bears a drawing of Denver Boone.

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Black and white print of a float in the University of Denver's 1985 Homecoming parade. The float is built on a pickup truck, with two students riding on the hood and at least six more sitting or standing in the back, along with a person in a duck costume. The truck is decorated with streamers and balloons, and a banner along the side reads "Driscoll University Center Klub C. C. DUCK'S."

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Black and white negative depicting the Alpha Gamma Omega float in the University of Denver's 1989 Homecoming parade. Ten students are sitting or standing on the bed of a truck, while the decorations behind them include a cardboard house labeled Alpha Gamma Delta, and a giant papier-mache figure.

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Black and white print of students on a float in the University of Denver's Homecoming parade. Of the at least 17 students sitting or standing on the truck, most of them are wearing white T-shirts, shorts, and tennis shoes. Some type of large decoration or mascot is visible behind them.

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Black and white negative depicting a float in the 1979 Homecoming parade at the University of Denver. The float, built on the back of a pickup truck, features a papier-mache tiger with its tail raised and is labeled along the side "BLOW CC'S TAIL OFF"; the back of the float bears the Greek letters Gamma Delta and (spelled in English) the word "BETA."

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Black and white print of the Sigma Kappa float in the University of Denver's Homecoming parade in 1946. Like many homecoming floats, this one taunted DU's opponent in the homecoming football game, the University of Utah. Four female students' heads appear in the center of giant cards made to look like aces of each suit, above a depiction of poker chips and the slogan "We Hold 'Em, Utes."

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Black and white print of a "Class of 1971 Presents Woodstock West" float in the University of Denver's 1999 Homecoming parade. Several persons are standing or sitting in the back of a pickup truck, holding signs reading "Woodstock West Peace + Freedom Founded May 8, 1970," "Peace," "The Doors at DU September 1967 Freshman Year," and "Waiting to [cut off]," and crosses labeled "Kent State."

Abstract Mostly undated images related to Homecoming at the University of Denver: 60 black and white prints, including floats in the Homecoming parade; a student with parents at Homecoming/Parents Weekend; students traveling to football game in Wyoming on Thanksgiving; the new alumni house at Homecoming/Parents Weekend; Greek house decorations for Homecoming; students at the Chancellor's Reception; Jack Tate and Al Kohles; Ira Cutter, Edw. Milligan, and others in Buchtel Chapel; the winning float...

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5 black and white prints of parade floats from the 1946 University of Denver Homecoming (Pioneer Days?) parade, including a Sigma Kappa float, with the Colorado State Capitol in the background.

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Images related to Homecoming 1949 at the University of Denver: 3 color slides of marching band at the football game. 14 black and white prints, including Dick Phelps, Margarte Romine, Ilene Barr, Muriel Davis, Pat Long, and Earnest Lamb on parade floats; Pioneer Day; Gordon Johnston, Mrs. Wilbur Denious, and "Cac" Hubbard; and Mary Young, Gerry Shank, and others on a float. 1 set of black and white negatives without contact sheets.