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On the thirteenth day of #AppStateAdvent we are going sledding! This image shows students with cafeteria trays used for sledding after a snowstorm. By 1991, about 7,500 trays were being lost, most immediately after snowstorms, costing the University around $60,000 a year.
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On the seventh day of #AppStateAdvent is a ride on Tweetsie! Tweetsie was the nickname given to the railroad that ran between Johnson City, TN and Boone, NC from 1918 to 1940. #Railroads#ETWNC#Tweetsie
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On the nineteenth day of #AppStateAdvent is a visit to the duck pond on the south side of @AppState campus after a snowstorm in 1977. #Ducks
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On the twelfth day of our #AppStateAdvent, we give to you a giant pile of mascots. @AppState Yosef is in the center back row. This image shows the mascots for the Southern Conference teams posing outside on a college campus in 1985. #CollegeFootball#Yosef
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On the eleventh day of our #AppStateAdvent, we bring you to the mountains! An @AppState student hang glides dramatically over the treetops at Table Rock, NC in the 1970s during the Outward Bound course offered to students in WNC. #WNC#NCStateParks#NCParks
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On the sixth day of #AppStateAdvent we bring you Durham Park. Situated on the former site of Lackey Field, Durham Park was built in order to provide a green space on campus and to mitigate seasonal flooding that had previously devastated the area. #GreenSpaces#Landscapes
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On the eighteenth day of #AppStateAdvent is education! This image shows student Hattie Bradshaw standing outside at Appalachian State Normal School in 1927. Appalachian State Normal School focused on training elementary, high school teachers, and teaching certificates.
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On the fifth day of #AppStateAdvent we bring you giant Cookies from Food Services! Prior to the 1960s Food Services offered meals made with produce and dairy from two university owned farms. #Food#Baking
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On the ninth day of our #AppStateAdvent, we give you dulcimers. This image from the late 1970s shows the attendees of the annual Dulcimer Workshop. The workshop was developed to provide training for beginners and advanced players. #Dulcimers#AppalachianDulcimer#Music
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On the sixteenth day of #AppStateAdvent is snow football. A group of students playing football in a snow-covered field at Appalachian State University in the 1970s. #CollegeFootball #football
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On the last day of #AppStateAdvent is snow! In 1974 students reshaped some of the snow that was on campus after a snowstorm into this very impressive snow cat! #cats #snow #winter
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On the fourteenth day of #AppStateAdvent, we bring to you lights, sort of. It’s a postcard of the New River Light & Power Company. NRL&P was started by the Dougherty Founding Family of @AppState to provide power to the university and Boone. #sustainability #renewableenergy
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On the twenty-third day of #AppStateAdvent are students and a snow dinosaur. Created in 1979 by @AppState geology students after a snowfall. The Sno-saurus had an icicle nose and roamed campus for a very brief period of time before becoming extinct. #snow #winter #dinosaurs
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On the eighth day of #AppStateAdvent, we give you a fishing trip! This photo, taken next to the Anne Belk Hall in 1991, shows a university staff member fishing for prizes with a bamboo pole and coat hanger hook.
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The fifteenth day of the #AppStateAdvent is crafting. William Howard Plemmons and his wife in a living room in April 1956. Mrs. Elizabeth "Bebe" Plemmons is seated in the center of the image crocheting, while Dr. Plemmons tunes the television set. #crafting #crochet
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The seventeenth day of #AppStateAdvent is an art exhibit. Sherry Waterworth in the mid 1970s, posing on the right, with a collection of sculptures and the artworks' subjects
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On the twenty-second day of #AppStateAdvent is a trip to the Appalachian Cultural Museum. The museum was housed in University Hall, it closed to the public in 2006. This photo from an exhibit shows a tree festooned with popcorn garland and angels made from corn husks.
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On the tenth day of #AppStateAdvent, we bring you tickets to a show! This image from 1971 is a model of the Barn Theater, a 206-seat theater for plays, films, and lectures. The theater was made from one of four barns originally used to hold 200 cows in the Old State Farm dairy.
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On the twenty-first day of #AppStateAdvent is a look at pets. Photograph of a man petting a Dalmatian at a U. S. Army installation used for the advanced ROTC summer camp by the Department of Military Science @AppState in the 1970s. #dogs #rotc
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On the twentieth day of #AppStateAdvent we give you a cozy place to sit. Visit the reading room to relax in one of our amazing rocking chairs and watch the weather roll down the valley. Disclaimer: We do not provide blankets, but feel free to bring your own! #quilts #cozy
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