Dignitaries at the dedication ceremony for a proposed Lutheran university, Los Angeles, 1928

Item Overview

Title

Dignitaries at the dedication ceremony for a proposed Lutheran university, Los Angeles, 1928

Date Created

March 25, 1928

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Dignitaries at the dedication ceremony for the site of a new university the Lutheran Church planned to build in Los Angeles. Standing, left to right: Dr. Edward M. Stensrud, president of the board of directors of the Los Angeles University Corporation; his wife Selma Stendsrud; Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, president of Stanford University and keynote speaker at the event; his wife, Marguerite Wilbur; Miss Wilbur (perhaps Dr. Wilbur's sister Celia); Los Angeles Mayor George Cryer; UCLA President George E. Moore; W. G. Cooper; and the Reverend Jens H. Vammen of the Bethel Danish Lutheran Church.
Reported in the article, "New University Site Dedicated; Dr. Wilbur Speaks at Del Rey Hills Ceremony; Lutheran Institution Will Cost $5,000,000," Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 1928: A1.

Caption

Text from newspaper caption: Red Letter Day of Lutheranism Celebrated: Left to right, Dr. Edward M. Stensrud, Mrs. Stensrud, Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, Mrs Wilbur. Miss Wilbur, Mayro Cryer, Dr. Ermnest C. Moore, and W. G. Coopper.
Text from negative sleeve: Wilbur, Ray Lyman Dr. Stnaford [sic] U. Pres.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Subjects

Universities & colleges--California--Los Angeles
Dedications--California--Los Angeles

Names

Wilbur, Marguerite, 1875-1946
Wilbur, Ray L. (Ray Lyman), 1875-1949
Stensrud, Selma, 1884-1963
Vammen, Jens H., 1885-1968
Cryer, George E., 1875-1961
Stensrud, E. M. (Edward Martinus)
Cooper, W. G.
Moore, Ernest Carroll, 1871-

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image