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Description:: This image is described in Los Angeles Times article, June 15, 1934, Ten Thousand Gather fo U.S.C. Graduation, Class of 1593 Given Diplomas and Other Awards in Colorful Twilight Ceremony at Coliseum … There were dramatic moments, too, such as when Dr. Frank C. Touton, vice-president of the university, who awarded the diplomas, found his pretty young daughter, Herriette [Harriet] Louise Touton, in line and as soon as he had handed her a diploma he planted a resounding kiss on her cheek. …
Date:: June 14, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Related to Los Angeles Times article, June 15, 1934, Ten Thousand Gather fo U.S.C. Graduation, Class of 1593 Given Diplomas and Other Awards in Colorful Twilight Ceremony at Coliseum
Date:: June 14, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Rufus B. Von Kleinsmid and two other faculty members standing at podium, other faculty members seated, all in academic gowns, under decorated pavilion, with Coliseum peristyle with scaffolding visible in background
Date:: 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: A similar photograph appears with Los Angeles Times article, June 15, 1934, Ten Thousand Gather fo U.S.C. Graduation, Class of 1593 Given Diplomas and Other Awards in Colorful Twilight Ceremony at Coliseum
Date:: June 14, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Graduates, in caps and gowns, passing through or standing in decorated pavilion with faculty, with Coliseum peristyle with scaffolding in background, decorative trees and flowers in foreground
Date:: 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Rufus B. Von KleinSmid, in academic gown, speaking at a ceremony at University of Southern California, with audience, some in caps and gowns, some in coats and jackets, standing at right, with Trojan statue in background
Date:: 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: University of California president Robert G. Sproul, in cap and gown, standing at edge of Hollywood Bowl seats, with audience and hills in background, photographer's shadow in foreground
Date:: [1932?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Rufus B. Von Kleinsmid awarding a diploma to an older woman graduate, with other faculty members seated, all in caps and gowns, under decorated pavilion, with Coliseum peristyle with scaffolding visible in background
Date:: 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Spectators stand on the bleachers and look down at the students walking in a circle around the amphitheater, wearing their black caps and gowns.
Date:: June 13, 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: A similar photograph appears with Los Angeles Times article, June 3, 1935, U.S.C. Commencement Week Opens, Graduation Rites Begun
Date:: 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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