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Title
Groundbreaking ceremony for Alpha Chi Omega sorority house at UCLA, Los Angeles, 1929
Date Created and/or Issued
November 7, 1929
1929-11-07
Publication Information
Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information
US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description
Women pose for groundbreaking ceremony for Alpha Psi chapter house of the Alpha Chi Omega Sorority at UCLA at 638 Hilgard Avenue. Previous national president of the sorority, Jeannette "Nettie" Cushman is in the middle, holding a spade. This photograph may be related to the article, "Ground Broken For Alpha Psi's Chapter House," Los Angeles Times, 08 Nov. 1929: A2.
Handwritten text on negative sleeve: Mrs. H. W. Cushman (with spade) at U.C.L.A ground breaking
Text from negative sleeve: California University, Los Angeles. Groundbreaking
Type
image
Format
b&w glass negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_b3697_G891
ark:/21198/z1vb41zk
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Fraternities & sororities--California--Los Angeles
Ground breaking ceremonies--California--Los Angeles
Alpha Chi Omega
Cushman, Jeannette Belle, 1873-1953
University of California, Los Angeles
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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