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Vermont Avenue campus - Push ball contest, c.1928

Description:
Male students engage in a push ball contest on the Vermont Avenue campus. The occasion is likely the Frosh-Soph Brawl, a Fall tradition that pits freshmen against sophomores. The Los Angeles State Normal School moved to this twenty-five acre site on North Vermont Avenue near downtown Los Angeles in September 1914, where it became the Southern Branch of the University of California in July 1919. After a name change to the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1927, the university moved to its present location in Westwood in the May 1929.
Date Created:
c. 1928
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Thelner and Louise Hoover Photographic Collection
Vermont Avenue campus - Push ball contest, c.1928

Vermont Avenue campus - Push ball contest, c.1928

Description:
Male students engage in a push ball contest on the Vermont Avenue campus. The occasion is likely the Frosh-Soph Brawl, a Fall tradition that pits freshmen against sophomores. The Los Angeles State Normal School moved to this twenty-five acre site on North Vermont Avenue near downtown Los Angeles in September 1914, where it became the Southern Branch of the University of California in July 1919. After a name change to the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1927, the university moved to its present location in Westwood in the May 1929.
Date Created:
c. 1928
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Thelner and Louise Hoover Photographic Collection
Vermont Avenue campus - Push ball contest, c.1928

Vermont Avenue campus - Push ball contest, c.1928

Description:
Female students engage in a push ball contest on the Vermont Avenue campus. The Los Angeles State Normal School moved to this twenty-five acre site on North Vermont Avenue near downtown Los Angeles in September 1914, where it became the Southern Branch of the University of California in July 1919. After a name change to the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1927, the university moved to its present location in Westwood in the May 1929.
Date Created:
c.1928
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Thelner and Louise Hoover Photographic Collection
Vermont Avenue campus - Push ball contest, c.1928

Bruin Band with John Phillip Sousa, 1928

Description:
Sousa, renown American band leader and composer, visited Los Angeles for a series of concerts marking his 50th year as a band leader. The University of California at Los Angeles Bruin Band welcomed Sousa upon arrival and escorted him through the city. Sousa is seen here conducting the band on a train platform. [Note: A Los Angeles Times article contemporary to the event suggests that the actual date of Sousa's arrival was October 29, 1928]
Date Created:
October 19, 1928
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Thelner and Louise Hoover Photographic Collection
Bruin Band with John Phillip Sousa, 1928

Bruin Band escorting John Phillip Sousa, 1928

Description:
Sousa, renown American band leader and composer, visited Los Angeles for a series of concerts marking his 50th year as a band leader. The University of California at Los Angeles Bruin Band welcomed Sousa upon arrival and escorted him through the city. [Note: A Los Angeles Times article contemporary to the event suggests that the actual date of Sousa's arrival was October 29, 1928]
Date Created:
October 19, 1928
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Thelner and Louise Hoover Photographic Collection
Bruin Band escorting John Phillip Sousa, 1928

Dedication ceremony - John Dewey, 1930

Description:
Dr. Dewey, philosophy professor at Columbia University, passes in front of Royce Hall following the Dedication ceremony. Dr. Dewey had given a keynote address titled "Philosophy and Education." Known formally as the "Dedication of the New Campus and New Buildings of the University of California at Los Angeles", the event brought together regents, professors, students, alumni, and representatives of other educational institutions for four sessions held on March 27 and 28. [Note: Handwritten date in the margin is incorrect]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Thelner and Louise Hoover Photographic Collection
Dedication ceremony - John Dewey, 1930

Registration - Students lined up on the Esplanade facing Royce Hall, 1930

Description:
Students lined up on the Esplanade on their way into Royce Hall (not pictured). The Physics Biology Building (Humanities Building)--on left--and the Library (Powell Library)--on right--appear in the background. The Esplanade is more generally called Royce quadrangle and is known today as Dickson Plaza. Royce Hall was the center of activity during the mid-February registration for the "second half-year" (Feb. - June) of the first academic year on the new Westwood campus.
Date Created:
February 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Thelner and Louise Hoover Photographic Collection
Registration - Students lined up on the Esplanade facing Royce Hall, 1930

Registration - Students lined up at Royce Hall, 1930

Description:
Students lined up on the Esplanade before Royce Hall's south (or front) entrance. The Esplanade is more generally called Royce quadrangle and is known today as Dickson Plaza. Royce Hall was the center of activity during the mid-February registration for the "second half-year" (Feb. - June) of the first academic year on the new Westwood campus.
Date Created:
February 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Thelner and Louise Hoover Photographic Collection
Registration - Students lined up at Royce Hall, 1930

Registration - Students walking through Royce Hall colonnade, 1930

Description:
This photograph looks west down the Royce Hall colonnade, which appears here populated by students during registration. Royce Hall was the center of activity during the mid-February registration for the "second half-year" (Feb. - June) of the first academic year on the new Westwood campus.
Date Created:
February 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Thelner and Louise Hoover Photographic Collection
Registration - Students walking through Royce Hall colonnade, 1930

Registration - Students lined up at Royce Hall, 1930

Description:
Students lined up on the Esplanade before Royce Hall's south (or front) entrance. Photograph is looking northwest with the edge of the Library (Powell Library) in the foreground. The Esplanade is more generally called Royce quadrangle and is known today as Dickson Plaza. Royce Hall was the center of activity during the mid-February registration for the "second half-year" (Feb. - June) of the first academic year on the new Westwood campus.
Date Created:
February 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Thelner and Louise Hoover Photographic Collection
Registration - Students lined up at Royce Hall, 1930

Registration - A group of female students on Royce Hall steps, 1930

Description:
A small group of female students converse on the steps of Royce Hall during mid-February registration for the "second half-year" (Feb. - June) of the first academic year on the new Westwood campus. Royce Hall was the center of activity during registration as students lined up to select courses and receive student ID cards.
Date Created:
February 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Thelner and Louise Hoover Photographic Collection
Registration - A group of female students on Royce Hall steps, 1930

Dedication ceremony - William W. Campbell, Ernest C. Moore, and others, 1930

Description:
Dr. Campbell, outgoing President of the University of California (on left), Dr. Moore, Director of UCLA, and others converse on the steps of Royce Hall following the Dedication ceremony. Known formally as the "Dedication of the New Campus and New Buildings of the University of California at Los Angeles", the event brought together regents, professors, students, alumni, and representatives of other educational institutions for four sessions held on March 27 and 28.
Date Created:
March 28, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Thelner and Louise Hoover Photographic Collection
Dedication ceremony - William W. Campbell, Ernest C. Moore, and others, 1930

Dedication ceremony - Robert G. Sproul, 1930

Description:
Dr. Sproul, incoming University of California President, stands on the steps of Royce Hall following the Dedication ceremony. Known formally as the "Dedication of the New Campus and New Buildings of the University of California at Los Angeles", the event brought together regents, professors, students, alumni, and representatives of other educational institutions for four sessions held on March 27 and 28. [Note: Handwritten date in the margin is incorrect]
Date Created:
March 28, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Thelner and Louise Hoover Photographic Collection
Dedication ceremony - Robert G. Sproul, 1930

Dedication ceremony - Earle R. Hedrick and Helen Hedrick, 1930

Description:
Dr. Hedrick, mathematics professor and later Provost of UCLA, walks arm-in-arm with his wife on the Esplanade before Royce Hall following the Dedication ceremony. Known formally as the "Dedication of the New Campus and New Buildings of the University of California at Los Angeles", the event brought together regents, professors, students, alumni, and representatives of other educational institutions for four sessions held on March 27 and 28. [Note: This image is printed in reverse.]
Date Created:
March 28, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Thelner and Louise Hoover Photographic Collection
Dedication ceremony - Earle R. Hedrick and Helen Hedrick, 1930

Dedication ceremony - Adam Blyth Webster, Robert G. Sproul, and unidentified man, 1930

Description:
Webster (on left) and Dr. Sproul, incoming President of the University of California (center), stand outside Royce Hall following the Dedication ceremony. Webster, Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the University of St. Andrews, had given a keynote address titled "One Touch of Nature". Known formally as the "Dedication of the New Campus and New Buildings of the University of California at Los Angeles", the event brought together regents, professors, students, alumni, and representatives of other educational institutions for four sessions held on March 27 and 28. [Note: Handwritten date in the margin is incorrect]
Date Created:
March 28, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Thelner and Louise Hoover Photographic Collection
Dedication ceremony - Adam Blyth Webster, Robert G. Sproul, and unidentified man, 1930

Dedication ceremony - Jake Gimbel, Robert Underhill, and unidentified man, 1930

Description:
From L to R: Gimbel, philanthropist, Underwood, Assistant Comptroller, and a man identified by Hoover as Chas Dodd converse on the Esplanade with the Library (Powell Library) in the background. Known formally as the "Dedication of the New Campus and New Buildings of the University of California at Los Angeles", the event brought together regents, professors, students, alumni, and representatives of other educational institutions for four sessions held on March 27 and 28. [Note: Handwritten date in the margin is incorrect]
Date Created:
March 28, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Thelner and Louise Hoover Photographic Collection
Dedication ceremony - Jake Gimbel, Robert Underhill, and unidentified man, 1930

Dedication ceremony - Robert G. Sproul and unidentified man, 1930

Description:
Standing at the entrance to Royce Hall, Dr. Sproul, incoming President of the University of California, converses with an unidentified man. Known formally as the "Dedication of the New Campus and New Buildings of the University of California at Los Angeles", the event brought together regents, professors, students, alumni, and representatives of other educational institutions for four sessions held on March 27 and 28.
Date Created:
March 28, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Thelner and Louise Hoover Photographic Collection
Dedication ceremony - Robert G. Sproul and unidentified man, 1930

Dedication ceremony - William W. Campbell and Robert G. Sproul, 1930

Description:
Dr. Campbell, outgoing President of the University of California (on left), and Dr. Sproul, incoming President of the University of California, converse on the steps of Royce Hall following the Dedication ceremony. Known formally as the "Dedication of the New Campus and New Buildings of the University of California at Los Angeles", the event brought together regents, professors, students, alumni, and representatives of other educational institutions for four sessions held on March 27 and 28. [Note: Handwritten date in the margin is incorrect]
Date Created:
March 28, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Thelner and Louise Hoover Photographic Collection
Dedication ceremony - William W. Campbell and Robert G. Sproul, 1930

Dedication ceremony - Joe Crail and Clifford Barrett, 1930

Description:
A man identified by Hoover as Joe Crail stands with Dr. Barrett, philosophy professor, at the entrance to Royce Hall following the Dedication ceremony. Known formally as the "Dedication of the New Campus and New Buildings of the University of California at Los Angeles", the event brought together regents, professors, students, alumni, and representatives of other educational institutions for four sessions held on March 27 and 28. [Note: Handwritten date in the margin is incorrect]
Date Created:
March 28, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Thelner and Louise Hoover Photographic Collection
Dedication ceremony - Joe Crail and Clifford Barrett, 1930

Dedication ceremony - Jake Gimbel, 1930

Description:
Gimbel, philanthropist, appears on the Esplanade with Royce Hall in the background following the Dedication ceremony. Known formally as the "Dedication of the New Campus and New Buildings of the University of California at Los Angeles", the event brought together regents, professors, students, alumni, and representatives of other educational institutions for four sessions held on March 27 and 28.
Date Created:
March 28, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Thelner and Louise Hoover Photographic Collection
Dedication ceremony - Jake Gimbel, 1930

Dedication ceremony - Participants in regalia exiting Royce Hall, 1930

Description:
From L to R: William W. Campbell, outgoing President of the University of California, William H. Crocker, Chairman of the Board of Regents, and George E. Vincent, former President of the Rockefeller Institute. Over Dr. Vincent's shoulder is Lieutenant Governor Herschel L. Carnahan, who officially accepted the new campus buildings on behalf of Governor C. C. Young. Known formally as the "Dedication of the New Campus and New Buildings of the University of California at Los Angeles", the event brought together regents, professors, students, alumni, and representatives of other educational institutions for four sessions held on March 27 and 28. [Note: Handwritten date in the margin is incorrect]
Date Created:
March 28, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Thelner and Louise Hoover Photographic Collection
Dedication ceremony - Participants in regalia exiting Royce Hall, 1930

Dedication ceremony - Perry L. Miles, 1930

Description:
Colonel Miles, professor of military science and tactics, appears on Royce Hall steps in uniform following the Dedication ceremony. Known formally as the "Dedication of the New Campus and New Buildings of the University of California at Los Angeles", the event brought together regents, professors, students, alumni, and representatives of other educational institutions for four sessions held on March 27 and 28.
Date Created:
March 28, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Thelner and Louise Hoover Photographic Collection
Dedication ceremony - Perry L. Miles, 1930

Dedication ceremony - William W. Campbell and Ernest C. Moore, 1930

Description:
Dr. Campbell, outgoing President of the University of California (on left), and Dr. Moore, Director of UCLA, converse on the steps of Royce Hall following the Dedication ceremony. Known formally as the "Dedication of the New Campus and New Buildings of the University of California at Los Angeles", the event brought together regents, professors, students, alumni, and representatives of other educational institutions for four sessions held on March 27 and 28.
Date Created:
March 28, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Thelner and Louise Hoover Photographic Collection
Dedication ceremony - William W. Campbell and Ernest C. Moore, 1930

Dedication ceremony - Robert G. Sproul and Adam Blyth Webster, 1930

Description:
Standing at the entrance to Royce Hall, Dr. Sproul, incoming President of the University of California (on left), and Webster share thoughts following the Dedication ceremony. Webster, Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the University of St. Andrews, had given a keynote address titled "One Touch of Nature". Known formally as the "Dedication of the New Campus and New Buildings of the University of California at Los Angeles", the event brought together regents, professors, students, alumni, and representatives of other educational institutions for four sessions held on March 27 and 28. [Note: Handwritten date in the margin is incorrect]
Date Created:
March 28, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Thelner and Louise Hoover Photographic Collection
Dedication ceremony - Robert G. Sproul and Adam Blyth Webster, 1930

Dedication ceremony - Unidentified group, 1930

Description:
An unidentified group converses at the entrance to Royce Hall following the Dedication ceremony. Known formally as the "Dedication of the New Campus and New Buildings of the University of California at Los Angeles", the event brought together regents, professors, students, alumni, and representatives of other educational institutions for four sessions held on March 27 and 28.
Date Created:
March 28, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Thelner and Louise Hoover Photographic Collection
Dedication ceremony - Unidentified group, 1930

Dedication ceremony - Unidentified man and Virgil Cazel, 1930

Description:
A man identified by Hoover as "Ed Dickinson" (on left) walks with Virgil "Wes" Cazel, junior class President, across the Esplanade before Royce Hall. Known formally as the "Dedication of the New Campus and New Buildings of the University of California at Los Angeles", the event brought together regents, professors, students, alumni, and representatives of other educational institutions for four sessions held on March 27 and 28. [Note: Handwritten date in the margin is incorrect]
Date Created:
March 28, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Thelner and Louise Hoover Photographic Collection
Dedication ceremony - Unidentified man and Virgil Cazel, 1930

Dedication ceremony - William W. Campbell, 1930

Description:
Dr. Campbell, outgoing President of the University of California, stands at the entrance of Royce Hall following the Dedication ceremony. Known formally as the "Dedication of the New Campus and New Buildings of the University of California at Los Angeles", the event brought together regents, professors, students, alumni, and representatives of other educational institutions for four sessions held on March 27 and 28.
Date Created:
March 28, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Thelner and Louise Hoover Photographic Collection
Dedication ceremony - William W. Campbell, 1930

Dedication ceremony - Robert G. Sproul, 1930

Description:
Dr. Sproul, incoming University of California President, stands on the steps of Royce Hall following the Dedication ceremony. Known formally as the "Dedication of the New Campus and New Buildings of the University of California at Los Angeles", the event brought together regents, professors, students, alumni, and representatives of other educational institutions for four sessions held on March 27 and 28.
Date Created:
March 28, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Thelner and Louise Hoover Photographic Collection
Dedication ceremony - Robert G. Sproul, 1930

Dedication ceremony - Shepherd I. Franz and unidentified man, 1930

Description:
Franz (on left) stands with a man identified by Hoover as ["Todd Cray"] at the entrance to Royce Hall following the Dedication ceremony. Known formally as the "Dedication of the New Campus and New Buildings of the University of California at Los Angeles", the event brought together regents, professors, students, alumni, and representatives of other educational institutions for four sessions held on March 27 and 28.
Date Created:
March 28, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Thelner and Louise Hoover Photographic Collection
Dedication ceremony - Shepherd I. Franz and unidentified man, 1930

Dedication ceremony - John Arthur Thomson and Mrs. Thomson, 1930

Description:
Sir John Arthur Thomson, professor of natural history at Aberdeen University, strolls across the Esplanade in front of Royce Hall with his wife following the Dedication ceremony. Dr. Thomson had given a keynote address titled "Biology and Human Life" the day before. Known formally as the "Dedication of the New Campus and New Buildings of the University of California at Los Angeles", the event brought together regents, professors, students, alumni, and representatives of other educational institutions for four sessions held on March 27 and 28. [Note: Handwritten date in the margin is incorrect]
Date Created:
March 28, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Thelner and Louise Hoover Photographic Collection
Dedication ceremony - John Arthur Thomson and Mrs. Thomson, 1930

Dedication ceremony - William W. Campbell and Elizabeth Campbell, 1930

Description:
Dr. and Mrs. Campbell stand outside of Royce Hall following the Dedication ceremony. Dr. Campbell was the outgoing President of the University of California. Known formally as the "Dedication of the New Campus and New Buildings of the University of California at Los Angeles", the event brought together regents, professors, students, alumni, and representatives of other educational institutions for four sessions held on March 27 and 28.
Date Created:
March 28, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Thelner and Louise Hoover Photographic Collection
Dedication ceremony - William W. Campbell and Elizabeth Campbell, 1930

Dedication ceremony - Unidentified man, 1930

Description:
An unidentified man stands before the entrance to Royce Hall following the Dedication ceremony. Hoover's identification of this man as "Dr. [David K.] Bjork" appears to be incorrect. Known formally as the "Dedication of the New Campus and New Buildings of the University of California at Los Angeles", the event brought together regents, professors, students, alumni, and representatives of other educational institutions for four sessions held on March 27 and 28. [Note: Handwritten date in the margin is incorrect]
Date Created:
March 28, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Thelner and Louise Hoover Photographic Collection
Dedication ceremony - Unidentified man, 1930

Dedication ceremony - A. E. Davie, 1930

Description:
A. E. Davie, Superintendent of Grounds and Buildings, stands on the Esplanade before Royce Hall following the Dedication ceremony. Known formally as the "Dedication of the New Campus and New Buildings of the University of California at Los Angeles", the event brought together regents, professors, students, alumni, and representatives of other educational institutions for four sessions held on March 27 and 28. [Note: Handwritten date in the margin is incorrect]
Date Created:
March 28, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Thelner and Louise Hoover Photographic Collection
Dedication ceremony - A. E. Davie, 1930

Dedication ceremony - Adam Blyth Webster, 1930

Description:
Webster, Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the University of St. Andrews, stands outside of Royce Hall following the Dedication ceremony. Webster had given a keynote address titled "One Touch of Nature". Known formally as the "Dedication of the New Campus and New Buildings of the University of California at Los Angeles", the event brought together regents, professors, students, alumni, and representatives of other educational institutions for four sessions held on March 27 and 28.
Date Created:
March 28, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Thelner and Louise Hoover Photographic Collection
Dedication ceremony - Adam Blyth Webster, 1930
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