Subject: Powell Library - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: The south side (or rear) of the Library appears here midway through construction. Originally known simply as the Library, Powell Library was known as College Library prior to 1966.
Date:: February 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:: Hoover (Thelner B.) and Hoover (Louise E. B.) photographic collection

Description:: The south side (or rear) of the Library appears here midway through construction. Originally known simply as the Library, Powell Library was known as College Library prior to 1966.
Date:: February 28, 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 side (or front) of the Library appears here 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:: Midway through construction, the north side of the Education Building (Moore Hall) is viewed from the southwestern corner of the Library (Powell Library).
Date:: c.August, 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:: Hoover (Thelner B.) and Hoover (Louise E. B.) photographic collection

Description:: Distant aerial view of campus and Westwood Village looking south from an unidentified aircraft. Photographed during the first academic year on the Westwood campus, only six structures were present: The Education Building (Moore Hall), Royce Hall, the Library (College Library, subsequently Powell Library), the Chemistry Building (Haines Hall), the Physics-Biology Building (Kinsey Hall, and subsequently the Humanities Building), and the Bridge.
Date:: January 21, 1930
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 southeast with Janss Steps in the foreground. From L to R: Royce Hall, the Bridge, the Esplanade, Physics-Biology Building (Kinsey Hall, and subsequently Humanities Building), Library (College Library, subsequently Powell Library), and Education Building (Moore Hall).
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

Description:: Shortly after the Library's completion, Hoover gained access to the building's taller, northern dome, capturing this perspective on the rooftop cupolas and the west wing. Originally known simply as the Library, Powell Library was known as College Library prior to 1966.
Date:: April 29, 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:: Hoover (Thelner B.) and Hoover (Louise E. B.) photographic collection

Description:: Shortly after the Library's completion, Hoover took this roof-level photograph of the southern octagonal dome and cupola looking east. The Physics Biology Building (Humanities Building) appears in the background. Originally known simply as the Library, Powell Library was known as College Library prior to 1966.
Date:: April 29, 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:: Hoover (Thelner B.) and Hoover (Louise E. B.) photographic collection

Description:: Shortly after the Library's completion, Hoover gained access to the building's taller, northern dome, capturing this perspective on the smaller, southern dome. Originally known simply as the Library, Powell Library was known as College Library prior to 1966.
Date:: April 29, 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:: Hoover (Thelner B.) and Hoover (Louise E. B.) photographic collection

Description:: The distinctive Lombard style porch of the Library's north entrance is closely modeled on the Cathedral of Verona in Italy. Powell Library was known as College Library prior to 1966.
Date:: c.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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