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The Evolution of Collegiate Dress - Commencement

Our exercise in compare and contrast continues, with caps and gowns, and the Daisy Chain.

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All images are courtesty of Archives and Special Collections, Vassar Library, unless otherwise noted on the information page for each photo.

Students pose in front of the demolition of 'Fred's Nose', 1961.
Students at commencement pose, 1970. © Vassar College, Archives & Special Collections Ref. # Ph.f5.1
Student at Convocation, Fall 1992, wearing a cap and gown
Student at Convocation, Fall 1992, wearing a cap and gown
Commencement 2004, courtesy of Megan Brett, VC2004
The Daisy Chain in 1963, from the 1965 Vassarion
The Daisy Chain in front of the former Sanders Chemistry building (now Sanders Physics), 1978.
The Daisy Chain waits for the beginning of commencement, 1982.
1991 Daisy Chain, from the 1993 Vassarion
Daisy Chain, courtesy of Baize Buzan, VC2010
1960s-2010s
Part 2