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Parades

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 59 Collections and/or Records:

Homecoming Traditions - Parade Float, 1996

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Identifier: U201.01.0099.0034.00001
Abstract

Color slide depicting a float in the University of Denver's 1996 Homecoming parade. Three persons are sitting in the float, one of them waving to the camera, along with a large papier-mache figure possibly representing Denver Boone. The float is decorated with crimson and gold streamers, and it reads "HOMECOMING" along the side in giant letters.

Dates: 1996

Homecoming Traditions - Parade Float, 1976 November 5

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Identifier: U201.01.0099.0020.00001
Abstract

Black and white negative depicting students riding on a truck decorated as a float in the 1976 Homecoming parade at the University of Denver. Standing atop the float is a giant figure, possibly Denver Boone, with the word "Denver" on its chest.

Dates: 1976 November 5

Homecoming Traditions - Parade Float, 1977 November 4

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Identifier: U201.01.0099.0021.00001
Abstract

Black and white print depicting a float from the 1977 Homecoming parade at the University of Denver. The float features a giant papier-mache figure of a dogsled driver holding a whip and other figures that apparently represent dogs, and is labeled along the side, "DU WHIPS THE HUSKI[ES]." Several students are sitting on the float, one of whom is wearing a Sigma Chi shirt.

Dates: 1977 November 4

Homecoming Traditions - Parade Float, 1980 October 24

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Identifier: U201.01.0099.0023.00001
Abstract

Black and white negative depicting a float in the University of Denver's 1980 Homecoming parade. At least 11 students are standing or sitting on the bed of a Ford pickup truck, obscuring most of the float decorations, while the side of the float is labeled with at least 6 Greek letters.

Dates: 1980 October 24

Homecoming Traditions - Parade Float, 1982

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Identifier: U201.01.0099.0025.00001
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1982

Homecoming Traditions - Parade Float (Frame 20), 1989 November

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Identifier: U201.01.0099.0028.00001
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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.

Dates: 1989 November

Homecoming Traditions - Parade Floats, 1979 November 2

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Identifier: U201.01.0099.0022.00001
Abstract

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."

Dates: 1979 November 2

Homecoming Traditions - Woodstock West Parade Float, 1999

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Identifier: U201.01.0099.0036.00002
Abstract

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."

Dates: 1999

May 1st parade--frid01846, 1957

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Identifier: frid01846
Abstract

May Day parade with rows of people marching in a square. Many onlookers.

Dates: 1957

Pioneer Days Parade near Civic Center, circa 1940

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Identifier: U201.01.0120.0010.00006
Abstract

A group of unidentified persons, including a man on horseback in Native American costume, and several persons in a horse-drawn carriage labeled "WELCOME ALUMNI," participated in the University of Denver's Pioneer Days parade near the Civic Center Campus in downtown Denver. The Colorado state Capitol is visible in the background.

Dates: circa 1940