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Title: George Gershwin and students singing at the piano, 1937
Contributor: Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Date Created and/or Issued: February 2, 1937
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: Gershwin and UCLA students sing "Strike up the band" at Gershwin's home. The composer had donated the song to UCLA in 1937. The students are (from L to R) Kay Dodge, Vera Nell Gilmer (seated), Catherine Cockrell, Georgette Foster, Dorothy Oswald, Grace Wolfskill, and Alice Waldron.
Photograph used in "UCLA on the Move", page 155.
Type: Image
Identifier: Record Series 647, Box 22, Folder 14
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Subject: Gershwin, George
Education
People
Celebrities
Arts
Source: Thelner and Louise Hoover Photographic Collection

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