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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:: The western edge of the Library (Powell Library) appears here framed by the colonnade arches of Josiah Royce Hall.
Date:: c.1936
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:: Hoover (Thelner B.) and Hoover (Louise E. B.) photographic collection

Description:: Students lined up on the Esplanade on their way into Royce Hall (not pictured). The Physics Biology Building (Humanities Building)--on left--and the Library (Powell Library)--on right--appear in the background. The Esplanade is more generally called Royce quadrangle and is known today as Dickson Plaza. Royce Hall was the center of activity during the mid-February registration for the "second half-year" (Feb. - June) of the first academic year on the new Westwood campus.
Date:: February 1930
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:: Hoover (Thelner B.) and Hoover (Louise E. B.) photographic collection

Description:: May 31, 1929, a day that came to be known as "Moving Day," saw a caravan of more than 500 vehicles filled with students, moving boxes, furniture, and equipment make its way from Vermont Avenue to the new Westwood campus. Ernest C. Moore, Director of UCLA, declared the day a half-holiday, and the ROTC band accompanied the procession. In this photograph, students, faculty, and guests move between the Library (Powell Library) and Royce Hall (not pictured) across the unfinished Esplanade.
Date:: May 31, 1929
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:: A puddle near the base of Janss Steps reflects the Library following a heavy rain during the first academic year on the Westwood campus. The Library, the northwest corner of which is seen here, was later known as College Library and, after 1966, Powell Library.
Date:: c.1929, Fall
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 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

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