Manuscript Collection 106
George C. Wheeler Photograph Album
Homecoming Parade, 1948
Manuscript Collection 106 consists of a small album with thirteen pages twelve of which contain photographs and the thirteenth page is blank. The photographs document visually some aspects of the Homecoming Parade of November 19, 1948 which took place in Gainesville, Florida.
George Cameron Wheeler to whom this photo album belonged was graduated from the University of Florida in 1949 and received a BSA degree from the College of Business Administration. He was also a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity.
Page Descriptions
Page 1, Image 1, "Phi Mu Float"
Page 1, Image 2, "Tarpon Springs, Fla Entry" (float)
Page 2, Image 1, "Sigma Chi Float"
Page 2, Image 2, "Sigma Chi Float" (close up)
Page 3, Image 1, "Sigma Alpha Epsilon Float" (view from back)
Page 3, Image 2, "Sigma Alpha Epsilon Float" (view of front of float)
Page 4, Image 1, Unidentified float
Page 4, Image 2, Unidentified float
Page 5, Image 1, Three woman ride in a car driven by a young man
Page 5, Image 2, Six women and a man on a float with statement "Goes the Spoils..."
Page 6, Image 1, Unidentified float
Page 6, Image 2, Partial view of the "Tau Epsilon Phi Float"
Page 7, Image 1, Station wagon with the sign "Gainesville Shrine Club"
Page 7, Image 2, "F Club Initiates". Two men walk together down the street. Attire of one seems to be a large diaper.
Page 8, Image 1, "40/8 Locomotive" (float)
Page 8, Image 2, "Ft. Lauderdale American Legion Drum & Bugle Corps"
Page 9, Image 1, A clown carries a sign and rides on the hood of a car
Page 9, Image 2, Float with a sign. "Greetings! Gator Bowl, New Years Day-Jax. Fla."
Page 10, Image 1, "Sigma Chi House First Prize". "Best Decorated Fraternity House" "1948 Homecoming Nov. 21, 1948"
Page 10, Image 2, "Sigma Nu House" (decorations)
Page 11, Image 1, "Kappa Alpha House" (decorations)
Page 11, Image 2, "Alpha Tau Omega House" (decorations)
Page 12, Image 1, Another picture of the station wagon and its sign, "Gainesville Shrine Club"
Page 12, Image 2, Phi Delta Theta float