Archive for Event History

Dig Up Prom Photos to Share with Readers, IA

{ March 8, 2007 @ 6:07 pm } · { Camera, Contests, Couples, Dances, Event Fashion, Event History, Fashion History, History, Photos, Prom, Prom Dresses, Prom fashion, Prom gown, Vintage Fashion }
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bilde-3.jpgOh dear this will be fun to see! If you are in the Des Moines area send in those vintage photos and you could “win a dinner for two at Centro to relive old prom memories with your date.”

For those of us not in the area we can enjoy looking at those old Prom pictures!

Details:
The oldies but goodies.
Got a photo of yourself in a dated dress?

  • Submit it to the Register at DesMoinesRegister.com/promphotos. Further instructions are on the site.
  • You can also mail them to Prom Dress, Des Moines Register, P.O. Box 957, Des Moines, IA 50309.
  • Questions? Call 284-8438

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History of Homecoming

{ March 2, 2007 @ 5:14 pm } · { Event History, Event Theme, Fashion History, Interesting Links }
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The History of Homecoming

Dartmouth Bonfire: Homecoming is a tradition that has grown slowly through the decades. It is a time when students from different classes gather together to celebrate school spirit. In 1888, students from all four classes of Dartmouth College in New Hampshire built a bonfire to celebrate a baseball victory.
The Daily Dartmouth wrote: “It disturbed the slumbers of a peaceful town, destroyed some property, made the boys feel that they were being men, and in fact did no one any good.” Seven years later it was made official to celebrate class spirit. One visitor to the famed bonfire in 1914 was a young Winston Churchill.
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