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Title: University of Southern California graduation ceremony at Olympic Stadium, Los Angeles, 1932
Date Created and/or Issued: May 29, 1932
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: Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
This photograph is related to the article, “Three Classes Hear Sermons,” Los Angeles Times, 30 May 1932: A1.
Dr. John Roscoe Turner, president of West Virginia University, addressed the University of Southern California’s graduating class of 1932 at Olympic Stadium on May 29th.
A sea of students in graduation caps and gowns are seated at Olympic Stadium during their commencement ceremony. Friends, family, and spectators are seated further in the stands.
Handwritten on negative: Dr. John Roscoe Turner
Text from negative sleeve: Turner, John Roscoe Dr. West VA. U. Pres. 1932
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_3977
ark:/21198/zz002cpph1
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Crowds--California--Los Angeles
Stadiums--California--Los Angeles
Graduation ceremonies--California--Los Angeles
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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