Title

A Large Horse-Shaped Float

Preview

Description

A black and white image of a parade float for a Homecoming parade for Bethune-Cookman University. The float boasts a large horse-shaped figure, on top of which an African American woman rides. She is holding a bouquet of flowers. Also riding on the float at the back is a woman is a white dress and gloves. At the front "legs" of the float is one young African American girl and one African American boy. Attached to the back of the float is an American flag. On the side of the float is a banner that reads "The Continentals Ride to Victory with the Wildcats." In the background of the image can be seen station wagon cars and a tall, multi-level building with people standing in front of it. The photographer of the image is unknown.

Date

ca. 1960s

Subjects

Black and white photography -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs; Students -- African Americans -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs; Women -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs; Girls -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs; Parades -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs; Flags -- United States of America -- Photographs; Cars -- American -- Photographs; Buildings -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs; Floats (Parades) -- Florida -- Daytona Beach -- Photographs

Number of Images

1

Side of Image

Front of Postcard

Repository

Bethune-Cookman University

Repository Collection

Bethune-Cookman University Photograph Collection

CFM Storyline

Education

Identifier

DP0001549

Size of Original Image

13 cm. x 10 cm.

Rights Statement

All rights to images are held by the respective holding institution. This image is posted publicly for non-profit educational uses, excluding printed publication. For permission to reproduce images and/or for copyright information contact University Archives, Bethune-Cookman University, Daytona Beach, FL 32114 (386) 481-2186. http://www.cookman.edu/academics/library/index.html

Digital Publisher

Electronically reproduced by the Digital Services unit of the University of Central Florida Libraries, Orlando, 2009.

Funding source

LSTA Grant 2008-2009

Digital Reproduction Specifications

Jpeg2000 images were derived from 400 dpi tiffs scanned on a Kodak i200 series flatbed scanner.

Date Digitized

2009-07-28

Disciplines

Photography

Recommended Citation

"A Large Horse-Shaped Float" (1960). Images of Central Florida. 2.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/cfm-images/2