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1956 Cal Poly Homecoming Parade, San Luis Obispo, Calif. The Soils Club float "A New Science." Shot by my brother on 35mm Ektachrome. View full size.
This fits the 1950s and 60s so well, when new sciences like soil science, holography, and nuclear engineering were being promoted so optimistically. The float has both white-coated scientist AND a glamorous subject for the microscope.
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