Homecoming parade during the Great Depression, 1934

Homecoming parade during the Great Depression, 1934

Parades
Brigham Young University--Anniversaries, etc.
Brigham Young University--Assemblies
Brigham Young University--History
Provo (Utah)

All activities during the Great Depression were simplified, including this homecoming parade in downtown Provo in 1934. The Banyan for 1932 was merely a scrapbook, with a few pictures of buildings printed in the front and the rest of the pages left for the owner to insert his own clippings and sentiments. There were also cuts in salaries and elimination of some events. But, unlike most universities, BYU enjoyed an increase in enrollment, which reached 2,375 in 1939.

Brigham Young University

1934

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English

Public Domain, Courtesy University Archives, L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young Universit