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The Evolution of Collegiate Dress - Formal Dances and Singing Groups

More images from the 1960s to 2000s: formal dances and singing groups.

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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.

Junior Prom 1968. vcencyclopedia.vassar.edu/student-publications/pressing-c...
Students do the 'Hustle' at a spring weekend dance, 1972. © Vassar College, Archives & Special Collections Ref. # Ph.f14.10
The dance floor in a Villard Room event, 1983.
Students pose in formal dress for a dance in 1993, courtesy of Arden Kirkland, VC1993
Dressing up, courtesy of Allegra Shunk, VC2009
The Night Owls, Vassar's oldest a cappella group and the nation's oldest continually run all-female group, perform, 1963. © Vassar College, Archives & Special Collections Ref. # Ph.f16.29
The Night Owls, Vassar's oldest a cappella group and the nation's oldest continually run all-female group, perform on Founder's Day, 1975. © Vassar College, Archives & Special Collections Ref. # Ph9.13
Enthusiastic serenading, 1985.
Measure 4 Measure, one of Vassar's popular a cappella groups, 1994. Photo: Peter Howard
The Axies, from the 2000 Vassarion
1960s-2010s
Part 3