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Title
Whittier College dorm
Alternative Title
Works Progress Administration Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1937
Publication Information
Federal Writers' Project
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Exterior view of the campus and girls' dorm, Whittier College. In 1887, the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) established the town of Whittier and the Whittier Academy. Over time the academy evolved into Whittier College, which was chartered by the State of California in 1901 with a student body of 25. Photo dated: August 10, 1937.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00066066
Works Progress Administration Collection
WPA 2500 4x5
CARL0000070882
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/1999
Subject
Whittier College (Whittier, Calif.)
Universities and colleges--California--Whittier
Dormitories--California--Whittier
Lawns--California--Whittier
Whittier (Calif.)
Works Progress Administration Collection photographs

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