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Title: Dignitaries at the dedication ceremony for a proposed Lutheran university, Los Angeles, 1928
Date Created and/or Issued: March 25, 1928
1928-03-25
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 Arcadia funds.
Dignitaries at the dedication ceremony for the site of a new university the Lutheran Church planned to build in Los Angeles. Standing, left to right: Dr. Edward M. Stensrud, president of the board of directors of the Los Angeles University Corporation; his wife Selma Stendsrud; Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, president of Stanford University and keynote speaker at the event; his wife, Marguerite Wilbur; Miss Wilbur (perhaps Dr. Wilbur's sister Celia); Los Angeles Mayor George Cryer; UCLA President George E. Moore; W. G. Cooper; and the Reverend Jens H. Vammen of the Bethel Danish Lutheran Church.
Reported in the article, "New University Site Dedicated; Dr. Wilbur Speaks at Del Rey Hills Ceremony; Lutheran Institution Will Cost $5,000,000," Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 1928: A1.
Text from newspaper caption: Red Letter Day of Lutheranism Celebrated: Left to right, Dr. Edward M. Stensrud, Mrs. Stensrud, Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, Mrs Wilbur. Miss Wilbur, Mayro Cryer, Dr. Ermnest C. Moore, and W. G. Coopper.
Text from negative sleeve: Wilbur, Ray Lyman Dr. Stnaford [sic] U. Pres.
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_4348
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Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Dedications--California--Los Angeles
Universities & colleges--California--Los Angeles
Stensrud, Selma, 1884-1963
Wilbur, Ray L. (Ray Lyman), 1875-1949
Cooper, W. G
Stensrud, E. M. (Edward Martinus)
Wilbur, Marguerite, 1875-1946
Cryer, George E., 1875-1961
Moore, Ernest Carroll, 1871-
Vammen, Jens H., 1885-1968
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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