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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:
March 28, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Hoover (Thelner B.) and Hoover (Louise E. B.) photographic collection
Dedication ceremony - John Arthur Thomson and Mrs. Thomson, 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:
March 28, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Hoover (Thelner B.) and Hoover (Louise E. B.) 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:
March 28, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Hoover (Thelner B.) and Hoover (Louise E. B.) photographic collection
Dedication ceremony - A. E. Davie, 1930

Alumni event at Lake Arrowhead - Dinner speeches, 1944

Description:
Annual alumni events in Lake Arrowhead's North Shore Tavern (Main Lodge) were common even before the university received the facility as a donation in 1957. Known today as the UCLA Conference Center, the Lake Arrowhead facility is located about 90 miles east of Los Angeles.
Date:
September 10, 1944
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Hoover (Thelner B.) and Hoover (Louise E. B.) photographic collection
Alumni event at Lake Arrowhead - Dinner speeches, 1944

Alumni event at Lake Arrowhead - Dancing, 1944

Description:
Annual alumni events in Lake Arrowhead's North Shore Tavern (Main Lodge) were common even before the university received the facility as a donation in 1957. Known today as the UCLA Conference Center, the Lake Arrowhead facility is located about 90 miles east of Los Angeles.
Date:
September 10, 1944
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Hoover (Thelner B.) and Hoover (Louise E. B.) photographic collection
Alumni event at Lake Arrowhead - Dancing, 1944

Alumni event at Lake Arrowhead - Dinner pranks, 1944

Description:
Annual alumni events in Lake Arrowhead's North Shore Tavern (Main Lodge) were common even before the university received the facility as a donation in 1957. Known today as the UCLA Conference Center, the Lake Arrowhead facility is located about 90 miles east of Los Angeles.
Date:
September 10, 1944
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Hoover (Thelner B.) and Hoover (Louise E. B.) photographic collection
Alumni event at Lake Arrowhead - Dinner pranks, 1944

Alumni event at Lake Arrowhead - Dancing, 1944

Description:
Annual alumni events in Lake Arrowhead's North Shore Tavern (Main Lodge) were common even before the university received the facility as a donation in 1957. Known today as the UCLA Conference Center, the Lake Arrowhead facility is located about 90 miles east of Los Angeles.
Date:
September 10, 1944
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Hoover (Thelner B.) and Hoover (Louise E. B.) photographic collection
Alumni event at Lake Arrowhead - Dancing, 1944

Stand collapse victim on stretcher at Tournament of Roses parade, 1926

Description:
Rescue workers and volunteers lift an injured person on a stretcher into an automobile following a stand collapse during the Tournament of Roses Festival parade on New Year's Day 1926 in Pasadena, California. The fatal collapse sent hundreds of parade watchers to the hospital and left at least four people dead. Hoover, who at the time was attending Pasadena Junior College, would go on to attend UCLA, where he became the official photographer for several publications and an unofficial chronicler of UCLA events.
Date:
January 1, 1926
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Hoover (Thelner B.) and Hoover (Louise E. B.) photographic collection
Stand collapse victim on stretcher at Tournament of Roses parade, 1926

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:
October 19, 1928
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Hoover (Thelner B.) and Hoover (Louise E. B.) 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:
October 19, 1928
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Hoover (Thelner B.) and Hoover (Louise E. B.) photographic collection
Bruin Band escorting John Phillip Sousa, 1928

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:
March 28, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Hoover (Thelner B.) and Hoover (Louise E. B.) photographic collection
Dedication ceremony - William W. Campbell, Ernest C. Moore, and others, 1930

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

Description:
Dr. Campbell, outgoing President of the University of California, and Dr. Sproul, incoming President of the University of California, stand 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:
March 28, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Hoover (Thelner B.) and Hoover (Louise E. B.) photographic collection
Dedication ceremony - William W. Campbell and Robert G. Sproul, 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:
March 28, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Hoover (Thelner B.) and Hoover (Louise E. B.) photographic collection
Dedication ceremony - William W. Campbell, 1930

Dedication of Thelner Hoover's aerial photo mural in Student Union Building, 1962

Description:
Thelner B. Hoover (UCLA 1930), gesturing in the center, presents his photographic mural to a small group in the newly opened Student Union Building (named William C. Ackerman Union in 1967). The aerial photograph, which hung in the union's Westwood Room before being moved to the University Religious Conference Building, depicts UCLA's original four buildings and dates to April 11, 1929.
Date:
May 2, 1962
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Hoover (Thelner B.) and Hoover (Louise E. B.) photographic collection
Dedication of Thelner Hoover's aerial photo mural in Student Union Building, 1962

Alumni event at Lake Arrowhead - Drinks on the porch, 1944

Description:
Annual alumni events in Lake Arrowhead's North Shore Tavern (Main Lodge) were common even before the university received the facility as a donation in 1957. Known today as the UCLA Conference Center, the Lake Arrowhead facility is located about 90 miles east of Los Angeles.
Date:
September 10, 1944
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Hoover (Thelner B.) and Hoover (Louise E. B.) photographic collection
Alumni event at Lake Arrowhead - Drinks on the porch, 1944

Alumni event at Lake Arrowhead - Dinner singing, 1944

Description:
Annual alumni events in Lake Arrowhead's North Shore Tavern (Main Lodge) were common even before the university received the facility as a donation in 1957. Known today as the UCLA Conference Center, the Lake Arrowhead facility is located about 90 miles east of Los Angeles.
Date:
September 10, 1944
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Hoover (Thelner B.) and Hoover (Louise E. B.) photographic collection
Alumni event at Lake Arrowhead - Dinner singing, 1944

Alumni event at Lake Arrowhead - Dinner, 1944

Description:
Annual alumni events in Lake Arrowhead's North Shore Tavern (Main Lodge) were common even before the university received the facility as a donation in 1957. Known today as the UCLA Conference Center, the Lake Arrowhead facility is located about 90 miles east of Los Angeles.
Date:
September 10, 1944
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Hoover (Thelner B.) and Hoover (Louise E. B.) photographic collection
Alumni event at Lake Arrowhead - Dinner, 1944

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:
March 28, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Hoover (Thelner B.) and Hoover (Louise E. B.) photographic collection
Dedication ceremony - Adam Blyth Webster, Robert G. Sproul, and unidentified man, 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:
March 28, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Hoover (Thelner B.) and Hoover (Louise E. B.) photographic collection
Dedication ceremony - Robert G. Sproul and Adam Blyth Webster, 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:
March 28, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Hoover (Thelner B.) and Hoover (Louise E. B.) photographic collection
Dedication ceremony - Robert G. Sproul and unidentified man, 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:
March 28, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Hoover (Thelner B.) and Hoover (Louise E. B.) photographic collection
Dedication ceremony - Adam Blyth Webster, 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:
February 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Hoover (Thelner B.) and Hoover (Louise E. B.) photographic collection
Registration - Students lined up on the Esplanade facing Royce Hall, 1930

Kerckhoff Hall dedication - Speakers and guests, 1931

Description:
From L to R: Allan C. Balch (William Kerckhoff's business partner), Ernest C. Moore (Director of UCLA), Louise E. Kerckhoff, Governor James Rolph, Jr., Lucy Guild (ASUCLA Vice President, 1931 graduate), and Earle Swingle (ASUCLA President, 1931 graduate).
Date:
January 20, 1931
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Hoover (Thelner B.) and Hoover (Louise E. B.) photographic collection
Kerckhoff Hall dedication - Speakers and guests, 1931

Commencement at the Open Air Theater, c.1941

Description:
UCLA commencement ceremonies were held at the campus Open Air Theater from 1941 to 1949. This photograph likely depicts the first commencement held on the Westwood campus on June 14, 1941. The Open Air Theater (sometimes referred to as the Greek Theater) was located at the south end of campus where the Public Health Building stands today. The Open Air Theater was bulldozed for the expanding campus in 1952. [Note: Original print is damaged]
Date:
c.1941
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Hoover (Thelner B.) and Hoover (Louise E. B.) photographic collection
Commencement at the Open Air Theater, c.1941

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:
February 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Hoover (Thelner B.) and Hoover (Louise E. B.) 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. 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:
February 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Hoover (Thelner B.) and Hoover (Louise E. B.) photographic collection
Registration - Students lined up at Royce Hall, 1930

Commencement - Military commissions, c.1941

Description:
Military commissions are awarded to ROTC graduates. UCLA commencement ceremonies were held at the campus Open Air Theater from 1941 to 1949. This photograph likely depicts the first commencement held on the Westwood campus on June 14, 1941. The Open Air Theater (sometimes referred to as the Greek Theater) was located at the south end of campus where the Public Health Building stands today. The Open Air Theater was bulldozed for the expanding campus in 1952.
Date:
c.1941
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Hoover (Thelner B.) and Hoover (Louise E. B.) photographic collection
Commencement - Military commissions, c.1941

Commencement - Graduates process through audience, c.1941

Description:
UCLA commencement ceremonies were held at the campus Open Air Theater from 1941 to 1949. This photograph likely depicts the first commencement held on the Westwood campus on June 14, 1941. The Open Air Theater (sometimes referred to as the Greek Theater) was located at the south end of campus where the Public Health Building stands today. The Open Air Theater was bulldozed for the expanding campus in 1952.
Date:
c.1941
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Hoover (Thelner B.) and Hoover (Louise E. B.) photographic collection
Commencement - Graduates process through audience, c.1941

Commencement - Graduates in procession, c.1941

Description:
UCLA commencement ceremonies were held at the campus Open Air Theater from 1941 to 1949. This photograph likely depicts the first commencement held on the Westwood campus on June 14, 1941. The Open Air Theater (sometimes referred to as the Greek Theater) was located at the south end of campus where the Public Health Building stands today. The Open Air Theater was bulldozed for the expanding campus in 1952.
Date:
c.1941
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Hoover (Thelner B.) and Hoover (Louise E. B.) photographic collection
Commencement - Graduates in procession, c.1941

Commencement at the Open Air Theater, c.1941

Description:
UCLA commencement ceremonies were held at the campus Open Air Theater from 1941 to 1949. This photograph likely depicts the first commencement held on the Westwood campus on June 14, 1941. The Open Air Theater (sometimes referred to as the Greek Theater) was located at the south end of campus where the Public Health Building stands today. The Open Air Theater was bulldozed for the expanding campus in 1952.
Date:
c.1941
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Hoover (Thelner B.) and Hoover (Louise E. B.) photographic collection
Commencement at the Open Air Theater, c.1941

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:
February 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Hoover (Thelner B.) and Hoover (Louise E. B.) photographic collection
Registration - A group of female students on Royce Hall steps, 1930

Alumni event at Lake Arrowhead - Listening to accordion player, 1944

Description:
Annual alumni events in Lake Arrowhead's North Shore Tavern (Main Lodge) were common even before the university received the facility as a donation in 1957. Known today as the UCLA Conference Center, the Lake Arrowhead facility is located about 90 miles east of Los Angeles.
Date:
September 10, 1944
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Hoover (Thelner B.) and Hoover (Louise E. B.) photographic collection
Alumni event at Lake Arrowhead - Listening to accordion player, 1944

Alumni event at Lake Arrowhead - Drinks on the porch, 1944

Description:
Annual alumni events in Lake Arrowhead's North Shore Tavern (Main Lodge) were common even before the university received the facility as a donation in 1957. Known today as the UCLA Conference Center, the Lake Arrowhead facility is located about 90 miles east of Los Angeles.
Date:
September 10, 1944
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Hoover (Thelner B.) and Hoover (Louise E. B.) photographic collection
Alumni event at Lake Arrowhead - Drinks on the porch, 1944

Alumni event at Lake Arrowhead - Dinner speeches, 1944

Description:
Annual alumni events in Lake Arrowhead's North Shore Tavern (Main Lodge) were common even before the university received the facility as a donation in 1957. Known today as the UCLA Conference Center, the Lake Arrowhead facility is located about 90 miles east of Los Angeles.
Date:
September 10, 1944
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Hoover (Thelner B.) and Hoover (Louise E. B.) photographic collection
Alumni event at Lake Arrowhead - Dinner speeches, 1944

Alumni event at Lake Arrowhead - Dinner, 1944

Description:
Annual alumni events in Lake Arrowhead's North Shore Tavern (Main Lodge) were common even before the university received the facility as a donation in 1957. Known today as the UCLA Conference Center, the Lake Arrowhead facility is located about 90 miles east of Los Angeles.
Date:
September 10, 1944
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Hoover (Thelner B.) and Hoover (Louise E. B.) photographic collection
Alumni event at Lake Arrowhead - Dinner, 1944

Founders Day celebration at the Clark Memorial Library, 1948

Description:
Celebrants include (from L to R): Lawrence C. Powell (University Librarian), Paul A. Dodd (Dean of the College of Letters and Science), Vern O. Knudsen (physics professor and Dean of the Graduate Division), Bonnie Dodd, and Florence Knudsen. UCLA Founders Day is an annual event that highlights the university's history and accomplishments. The astronomical observatory of William A. Clark Memorial Library is visible behind the celebrants.
Date:
June 6, 1948
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Hoover (Thelner B.) and Hoover (Louise E. B.) photographic collection
Founders Day celebration at the Clark Memorial Library, 1948

Alumni event at Lake Arrowhead - Dinner, 1944

Description:
Annual alumni events in Lake Arrowhead's North Shore Tavern (Main Lodge) were common even before the university received the facility as a donation in 1957. Known today as the UCLA Conference Center, the Lake Arrowhead facility is located about 90 miles east of Los Angeles.
Date:
September 10, 1944
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Hoover (Thelner B.) and Hoover (Louise E. B.) photographic collection
Alumni event at Lake Arrowhead - Dinner, 1944

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:
c. 1928
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Hoover (Thelner B.) and Hoover (Louise E. B.) photographic collection
Vermont Avenue campus - Push ball contest, c.1928

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:
March 28, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Hoover (Thelner B.) and Hoover (Louise E. B.) photographic collection
Dedication ceremony - Participants in regalia exiting Royce Hall, 1930