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Description:: Page from a UCLA yearbook: Six photos of the newly opened Memorial Coliseum showing (top and middle photos) soldiers outside of the entrance and a dedication plaque for WWI soldiers who lost their lives, and (bottom) football players and spectators inside of the stadium.
Date:: [circa 1923]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Likely related to the article, "TROJAN ROOTING SECTION TRIES TO OUTDO ELEVEN," Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 1928: A2
Date:: December 1, 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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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:: Two veterans stand arm-in-arm with a woman. Some of the 25,000 spectators can be seen in the background.
Date:: May 30, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Schumann-Heink, in a dress gown and hat, stands before a microphone on a platform in the middle of a stadium. behind her a woman plays a Steinway piano and army officials salute to the right.
Date:: May 30, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Reported in “Coliseum worshipers hear Merriam talk,” Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 1936: 10.
Date:: April 12, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Different photographs taken on the same occasion appear under the headline, “Dramatic Highlights and Sidelights as Bill Spaulding Bows Out as Coach,” Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec 1938: A11.
Date:: December 10, 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: View of the band, the temporary stage with the graduating class, and the crowd in the stands.
Date:: June 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Different photographs taken on the same occasion appear under the headline, “Dramatic Highlights and Sidelights as Bill Spaulding Bows Out as Coach,” Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec 1938: A11.
Date:: December 10, 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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