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Title
Goodyear Blimp over UCLA, c.1931
Date Created and/or Issued
c.1931
1931
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
Photographed from the Physics-Biology Building (Kinsey Hall, subsequently the Humanities Building), the Goodyear Blimp flies over Royce Hall. The airship--named the "Volunteer"--was used by Thelner Hoover for aerial photography of campus. Here the airship joins the festivities of the annual freshman "Green Day" in the Spring of 1931. The Library (Powell Library) is in the foreground and the Provost's Residence (University Residence) is in the distant background.
Type
image
Identifier
ark:/21198/zz000008zp
Subject
Media
Business
University of California, Los Angeles--Royce Hall
Transportation
Source
Hoover (Thelner B.) and Hoover (Louise E. B.) photographic collection

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