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Edwin Diller Starbuck's famous jazz bell-hops in Mecca Day parade, The University of Iowa, 1920

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Mecca Day was put on by the College of Engineering. The name Mecca derives from the first letters of the names of the engineering departments: mechanical, electrical, civil, chemical, and architectural. Mecca Day events included a parade highlighting progress in engineering; in the evening was a play put on by engineering students. Scanned with Ricoh Aficio 3228C @ 600 ppi, full color. Master image saved in TIFF format. Contact the University Archives at the University of Iowa: http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/sc/contact
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  2. Hotel Porters
  3. Parades
  4. Parades & Processions
  5. Starbuck, Edwin Diller, 1866 1947
  6. Teachers
  7. Universities
  8. Universities & Colleges
  9. University Of Iowa

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