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Title: Dormitory groundbreaking ceremony at Caltech, Pasadena, 1930
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa June 2, 1930]
1930-06-03
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 Charles E. Young Research Library Department of Special Collections, A1713 Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. E-mail: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310)825-4988
Description: Three officials from California Institute of Technology posing with a steam shovel at 1930 groundbreaking ceremonies for dormitories. Reported in "NEWS OF SOUTHERN COUNTIES: GROUND BROKEN FOR CALTECH Million-Dollar Dormitories Begun With Steam Shovel Student Body President at Throttle of Machine More Than 1000 Persons See Unique Ceremonies," Los Angeles Times, 03 Jun. 1930: A8.
Text from negative sleeve: California Institute of Technology, groundbreaking
Type: image
Format: b&w glass negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_b3696_G716
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Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Steam shovels
Ground breaking ceremonies--California--Pasadena
Dormitories--Design and construction
California Institute of Technology
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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