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Welding float in Mecca Day parade, The University of Iowa, 1921

Welding float in Mecca Day parade, The University of Iowa, 1921

Mecca Day was put on by the College of Engineers. The name Mecca derives from the first letters of the names of the engineerng departments: mechanical, electrical, civil, chemical, and architectural. Mecca Day events included a parade highlighting…
Dental float in Mecca Day parade, The University of Iowa, 1921

Dental float in Mecca Day parade, The University of Iowa, 1921

Mecca Day was put on by the College of Engineers. The name Mecca derives from the first letters of the names of the engineerng departments: mechanical, electrical, civil, chemical, and architectural. Mecca Day events included a parade highlighting…
Marching band with men in women's attire, Mecca Day parade, The University of Iowa, 1921

Marching band with men in women's attire, Mecca Day parade, The University of Iowa, 1921

Mecca Day was put on by the College of Engineers. The name Mecca derives from the first letters of the names of the engineerng departments: mechanical, electrical, civil, chemical, and architectural. Mecca Day events included a parade highlighting…
Military marching band in Mecca Day parade, The University of Iowa, 1921

Military marching band in Mecca Day parade, The University of Iowa, 1921

Mecca Day was put on by the College of Engineers. The name Mecca derives from the first letters of the names of the engineerng departments: mechanical, electrical, civil, chemical, and architectural. Mecca Day events included a parade highlighting…
Men in slave costumes carrying litter in Mecca Day parade, The University of Iowa, 1920s

Men in slave costumes carrying litter in Mecca Day parade, The University of Iowa, 1920s

Mecca Day was put on by the College of Engineers. The name Mecca derives from the first letters of the names of the engineerng departments: mechanical, electrical, civil, chemical, and architectural. Mecca Day events included a parade highlighting…
Noah's ark in Mecca Day parade, The University of Iowa, 1920

Noah's ark in Mecca Day parade, The University of Iowa, 1920

Mecca Day was put on by the College of Engineers. The name Mecca derives from the first letters of the names of the engineerng departments: mechanical, electrical, civil, chemical, and architectural. Mecca Day events included a parade highlighting…
Street sweepers with gas masks in Mecca Day parade, The University of Iowa, 1920s

Street sweepers with gas masks in Mecca Day parade, The University of Iowa, 1920s

Mecca Day was put on by the College of Engineers. The name Mecca derives from the first letters of the names of the engineerng departments: mechanical, electrical, civil, chemical, and architectural. Mecca Day events included a parade highlighting…
Law float in Mecca Day parade, The University of Iowa, 1921

Law float in Mecca Day parade, The University of Iowa, 1921

Mecca Day was put on by the College of Engineers. The name Mecca derives from the first letters of the names of the engineerng departments: mechanical, electrical, civil, chemical, and architectural. Mecca Day events included a parade highlighting…
Pharmacists' float in Mecca Day parade, The University of Iowa, 1921

Pharmacists' float in Mecca Day parade, The University of Iowa, 1921

Mecca Day was put on by the College of Engineers. The name Mecca derives from the first letters of the names of the engineerng departments: mechanical, electrical, civil, chemical, and architectural. Mecca Day events included a parade highlighting…
Homecoming corn monument, The University of Iowa, 1950

Homecoming corn monument, The University of Iowa, 1950

The corn monument was burned in a bonfire if Iowa won the Homecoming football game.
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