Portrait photograph of Ruth Haroldson, faculty member of the Whittier College Music Department, violinist, and conductor of the Whittier College Community Orchestra.
The west-facing side of Pio Pico's adobe mansion is viewed at an angle as it stretches back through the image. In front of it at right, the ruins of a wall stand. A wooden window frame remains inset into the ruins. At left, overgrown plants grow in front of the building. Three dormers sit atop El Ranchito's sloped roof.
At left, the front of Don Pio Pico's El Ranchito stretches back towards center. The 2-story facade is viewed at an angle. A front porch extends forward from the ground level. A balcony on the second floor hovers over it. In the foreground, a tree rises along the right edge.
W. G. Rich (known as Bill Rich in Whittier), prominent Whittier businessman and founder, in 1921, of the Howling Hundred, an organization that supported Whittier high school and college athletics, posing in mid howl. He wears a pin on his lapel that reads, "Whittier's Howling Hundred 100 Life Member."
A procession of academics and distinguished guests moves toward the outdoor amphitheater where the inauguration ceremony will be held for W. O. Mendenhall. Spectators watch from beside the building in the background.
The camera looks across the field at Whittier College during the football between the Poets and the Occidental Tigers. In the near distance, off-center to the left, an Oxy player runs with the ball towards the end zone at left. Ahead of him, a Whittier defender tries to stop him. The remaining on-field players watch the immediate play from a distance. Campus buildings rise in the background at left and fans fill the stands at right.
In the foreground, a veranda stretches around the perimeter of the courtyard at Pio Pico's El Ranchito. Beyond it, the courtyard sits at center. It is partially obscured by shrubs along its near side. Another wing of the building lines the far right side of the courtyard. In the courtyard at left, a man and a woman stand beside the courtyard's well.
Leo Calland (left) head coach of Athletics, and Stanford Rohrbaugh, freshman football coach at at Whittier College, on the athletic field. Rohrbaugh wears a football uniform.
William O. Mendenhall was installed as the president of Whittier College in a ceremony on September 21, 1934. Among the distinguished guests were Lou Henry Hoover, Dr. Robert L. Kelly, and Rufus B. von KleinSmid.
The camera looks across the field at Whittier College during the 1925 football game between Occidental College and Whittier College. Off-center to the left, the majority of the players are tangled up in a pile-up. Oxy Tiger center, Solly Mishkin, carries the ball in front and at the center of the pile-up. He drops to his knees as Whittier's defenders tackle him from behind. Crowds fill the stands in the background. Off-center to the right, a campus building rises behind the stands.
Governor Merriam dedicated the $50,000 Fred C. Nelles gymnasium in honor of the late superintendent, a project which the late Governor Rolph broke ground for.
The ruins of a wall at Pio Pico's El Ranchito stretch across the foreground. A wooden window frame is inset into the left side of the wall. Through the window opening, the west-facing side of El Ranchito stretches into the distance.
The exterior of an adobe mansion, where Governor Pío Pico last lived. A large tree is in front of the mansion. Another building is to the right with a platform of some kind on the roof.
The camera pans up towards a large, latticed tower that rises at center. A single propeller blade caps the orchard heater. About halfway up the tower, a man climbs (J. E. Bowersmith?). Nearer to camera, orange trees just into frame from the lower left and lower right corners, naturally framing the orchard heater's tower.
Dr. Walter F. Dexter, left, president of Whittier College, and former first lady Lou Henry Hoover, right, lead a group of people to the commencement ceremony. Mrs. Hoover and her son, Allan Hoover, were distinguished guests.
Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Mallery, of 13120 Magnolia Boulevard, North Hollywood, the night they held a family dinner followed by a reception of 100 guests at the home of Dr. R. W. Health, 601 High Street, in Whittier.
Lou Henry Hoover, standing to the left of the podium, delivers a speech at W. O. Mendenhall’s inauguration ceremony. The orchestra can be seen behind her and the rest of the distinguished guests sitting to the right, facing the audience.
Photograph appears with the article, "Whittier College Aided. Former First Lady Attends First Board Meeting; Three Faculty Appointments Announced," Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 1935: A5.