Subject: Powell Library - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Photographed from the roof of the Library's west wing, the octagonal domes and cupolas are seen midway through construction. Originally known simply as the Library, Powell Library was known as College Library prior to 1966.
Date:: March 1, 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:: Hoover (Thelner B.) and Hoover (Louise E. B.) photographic collection

Description:: The west side of the Library during construction viewed from the eventual location of Janss Steps. Originally known simply as the Library, Powell Library was known as College Library prior to 1966.
Date:: April 16, 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:: Hoover (Thelner B.) and Hoover (Louise E. B.) photographic collection

Description:: The northeast corner of the Library appears here during an early stage of construction. Originally known simply as the Library, Powell Library was known as College Library prior to 1966.
Date:: February 15, 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:: Hoover (Thelner B.) and Hoover (Louise E. B.) photographic collection

Description:: The north entrance of the Library is viewed here through the fledgling trees planted on the Esplanade green. Powell Library was known as College Library prior to 1966.
Date:: c.1960
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:: Hoover (Thelner B.) and Hoover (Louise E. B.) photographic collection

Description:: Powell Library was known as College Library prior to 1966.
Date:: c.1941
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:: Hoover (Thelner B.) and Hoover (Louise E. B.) photographic collection

Description:: The north (or front) side of the Library, including its Lombard style entrance. Also called College Library, the building was officially renamed Powell Library in 1966.
Date:: 1930
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:: Hoover (Thelner B.) and Hoover (Louise E. B.) photographic collection

Description:: Dr. Moore, Director of UCLA (on left), walks with Earl J. Miller(?), Dean of Men (on right), on the unfinished Esplanade with the Library (later Powell Library) in the background. This is likely the opening day on the Westwood campus, September 20, 1929.
Date:: c.1929
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 "California of the Southland," page 63.
Date:: April 25, 1936
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 76. Also used in "California of the Southland," page 57.
Date:: January 15, 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:: Hoover (Thelner B.) and Hoover (Louise E. B.) photographic collection

Description:: Campus as viewed from the Goodyear Blimp looking southwest. The Chemistry Building (Haines Hall) is in the foreground with the Library (College Library, subsequently Powell Library) in the background on the left and Royce Hall to the right.
Date:: April 28, 1930
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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