Time to grab some Silly String and a tin horn to toot and head downtown to see the parade. Imagery of 1954 Homecoming parade floats from the archives of the University of Kentucky.

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Homecoming Float with SUKY on the back. There are seven women on the float. 1954 image. American. Mack Hughes, photographer. University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections. Fair use license. https://exploreuk.uky.edu/catalog/xt75736m0s6q_184_1?q=float&f%5Bsource_s%5D%5B%5D=University+of+Kentucky+general+photographic+prints%2C+%2C&per_page=20
Banner and float for the Homecoming parade. 1954 image. American. University of Kentucky photographer. University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections. Fair use license. https://exploreuk.uky.edu/catalog/xt75736m0s6q_184_24?q=float&f%5Bsource_s%5D%5B%5D=University+of+Kentucky+general+photographic+prints%2C+%2C&per_page=20
UK (University of Kentucky) Monopolizes UT (University of Tennessee?) themed float. 1954 image. American. Photographer not given. University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections. Fair use license. https://exploreuk.uky.edu/catalog/xt75736m0s6q_184_8?q=float&f%5Bsource_s%5D%5B%5D=University+of+Kentucky+general+photographic+prints%2C+%2C&per_page=20
Dog-Gone. 1954 image. American. University of Kentucky photographer. University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections. Fair use license. https://exploreuk.uky.edu/catalog/xt75736m0s6q_184_29?q=float&f%5Bsource_s%5D%5B%5D=University+of+Kentucky+general+photographic+prints%2C+%2C&per_page=20

Homecoming Parade with Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity float with the Crescent Girl in the car. 1954 image. American. Lexington Herald-Leader staff photographer. University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections. Fair use license. https://exploreuk.uky.edu/catalog/xt75736m0s6q_184_10?q=float&f%5Bsource_s%5D%5B%5D=University+of+Kentucky+general+photographic+prints%2C+%2C&per_page=20
Wildcat Whipping Bowl – Stir’em up cats! First place Homecoming decorations, Sigma Alpha Epsilon winner. 1954-1957 image. American. Glen Thomasson, photographer. Image that appears second on page 208 in the 1957 Kentuckian yearbook. University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections. Fair use license. https://exploreuk.uky.edu/catalog/xt75736m0s6q_184_2?q=Homecoming&f%5Bsource_s%5D%5B%5D=University+of+Kentucky+general+photographic+prints%2C+%2C&offset=40&per_page=20

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