Rites and ceremonies

Black and white negative depicting five candidates for Homecoming Queen at the University of Denver in 1968. The candidates are seated on square upholstered benches and looking up at the camera.

Black and white negative depicting five candidates for Homecoming Queen at the University of Denver in 1968. The candidates are seated on square upholstered benches in front of a raised stage, with a grand piano in the background.

Black and white negative depicting five candidates for Homecoming Queen at the University of Denver in 1968. The candidates are leaning on a counter, and a sign in the background reads "Homecoming Queen 1968."

Black and white print of the Registrar's Office at the University of Denver decorated for Homecoming 1951. Two women are being helped at two windows, which are covered by metal bars, while the lower part of the counter has been covered by a faux brick wall. The counter and wall bear signs reading "Trading Post," "Cougar Skin," "Bakers Barber Shop," "205," "Shave 10c, Haircut 50c Special," "$10,000.00," "Pioneer Gulch Bank, Teller Nuthin," and "Mining Leases."

Black and white print of three female students at a University of Denver homecoming activity in Denver, Colorado. One of the students the Rio Grande football trophy bell, and other two are stopping their ears with their fingers. The bell is inscribed "Rio Grande Railroad Football Trophy University of Utah University of Denver" and lists the results of the games between the two schools from 1949 to 1953.

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."

Black and white print of four apparently female students dressed up in football uniforms for Homecoming 1957 at the University of Denver. The students are wearing bandages on their faces and legs, and of them is preparing to snap the football to another. The room behind them is decorated with streamers, University of Denver pennants, and signs reading "No More Broadway Park!", "Press Box," and "Coach Crying Towel Ser[vice?]."

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."

This series contains phonograph records.

An unidentified man takes a photograph of two women, apparently a University of Denver student and her mother, at the bottom of the bleachers in University of Denver Stadium during Parents Weekend.