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Title
Graduation at the University of California
Alternative Title
Shades of L.A. Photo Collection
Contributor
Shades of L.A. is an archive of photographs representing the contemporary and historic diversity of families in Los Angeles. Images were chosen from family albums and include daily life, social organizations, work, personal and holiday celebrations, and migration and immigration activities. Made possible and accessible through the generous support of the Security Pacific National Bank, Sunlaw Cogeneration Partners, Photo Friends, California Council for the Humanities, the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, and the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation
Date Created and/or Issued
1927
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and educational use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/orderinguse.html for additional information.
The contents of this collection are restricted to personal, research, and non-commercial use. The Library cannot share the personal and/or contact information of the donors, their descendants, or associates who contributed photographs and oral histories to the collection.
Description
Title supplied by cataloger.; Image is a reproduction.
The University of California, Los Angeles, also known as UCLA, was founded in 1881 as the Los Angeles branch of the California State Normal School. In 1919 the school obtained university status and became the Southern Branch of the University of California, located at 855 N. Vermont Avenue. In 1927 the name was changed to the University of California at Los Angeles. On May 31, 1929 the university opened its new campus in Westwood on land sold for $1 million dollars. In 1958, the name changed slightly again when the "at" was dropped, and became simply University of California, Los Angeles or UCLA. Today, UCLA has the largest enrollment of any university in the state.
A scene of the graduation ceremony for Ralph Bunche's class at the University of California, Southern Branch, located at 855 N. Vermont Ave. The University of California, Southern Branch would eventually come to be known as the University of California, Los Angeles - or UCLA for short.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;18 x 22 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00001812
Shades of L.A. Collection; Shades of L.A.: African American Community
S-000-543 120
CARL0005003300
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/80375
Subject
Bunche, Ralph J.--(Ralph Johnson),--1904-1971
University of California, Los Angeles
Commencement ceremonies--California--Los Angeles
Costumes
Universities and colleges--California--Los Angeles
College buildings--California--Los Angeles
Shades of L.A. Collection photographs
Shades of L.A. African American photographs
Source
Taylor, Jane.

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