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Title
Commencement - Graduates process through audience, c.1941
Contributor
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Date Created and/or Issued
c.1941
1941
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, University Archives
Collection
Thelner and Louise Hoover Photographic Collection
Rights Information
copyrighted
Copyright is owned by the UC Regents.
Description
UCLA commencement ceremonies were held at the campus Open Air Theater from 1941 to 1949. This photograph likely depicts the first commencement held on the Westwood campus on June 14, 1941. The Open Air Theater (sometimes referred to as the Greek Theater) was located at the south end of campus where the Public Health Building stands today. The Open Air Theater was bulldozed for the expanding campus in 1952.
Type
image
Identifier
Record Series 647, Box 22, Folder 1
ark:/21198/zz0000079c
Subject
Ceremonies
Education
Open Air Greek Theatre
Commencement
Events
Source
Hoover (Thelner B.) and Hoover (Louise E. B.) photographic collection

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