Genre: photographs / Subject: Celebrities - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

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

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

Description:: The back of the print is inscribed "H. Ellsworth Vines Jr. 1930 and 31 PSW (Pacific Southwest Open) champ" [USC alum]
Date:: n.d.
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:: Hoover (Thelner B.) and Hoover (Louise E. B.) photographic collection

Description:: Photograph used in "UCLA on the Move", page 155.
Date:: February 2, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:: Hoover (Thelner B.) and Hoover (Louise E. B.) photographic collection

Description:: A note on the back of the print notes that these men were PSW champions between 1932 and 1934, and 1935 to 1938.; no association with UCLA.
Date:: September, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Hoover (Thelner B.) and Hoover (Louise E. B.) photographic collection

Description:: The back of the print is inscribed "Jack Kramer's favorite photo"; no association with UCLA
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:: Hoover (Thelner B.) and Hoover (Louise E. B.) photographic collection

Description:: Edith Head (left) Yves St. Laurent (2nd left)--both celebrated fashion designers--and an unidentified woman converse at a party in St. Laurent's honor. This is likely an event held at Head's Los Angeles residence on October 30, 1965. [Is this relevant to the UCLA historical sight?]
Date:: c.1965
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:: Hoover (Thelner B.) and Hoover (Louise E. B.) photographic collection

Description:: Richard Nixon [identify group, event, and date?: handwritten date on reverse of photo from same event is 4/24/1961 (Event may have been identified in LA Times (Mosher/Bev Club event), but relevance to UCLA is not determined. Nixon had made appearances at UCLA over the years, including 1962-KM]
Date:: April 24, 1961
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:: Hoover (Thelner B.) and Hoover (Louise E. B.) photographic collection

Description:: While playing for the UCLA tennis team, Arthur Ashe (UCLA 1966) won the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) singles title in 1965 and contributed to his team's winning of the NCAA tennis championship the same year.
Date:: c.1965
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:: Hoover (Thelner B.) and Hoover (Louise E. B.) photographic collection

Description:: Artur Rubinstein, celebrated pianist, appeared on Royce Hall's stage eight times during his career. Furthermore, two of Artur and Aniela's children attended UCLA as a students.
Date:: c.1970
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:: Hoover (Thelner B.) and Hoover (Louise E. B.) photographic collection

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