Image / President von KleinSmid standing with man at U.S.C. Graduation, Los Angeles, 1926

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Title: President von KleinSmid standing with man at U.S.C. Graduation, Los Angeles, 1926
Date Created and/or Issued: June 1926
1926-06
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.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
Older men in robes gather on a temporary stage on the Coliseum's field. A large pile of rolled diplomas are with them on the stage. President Rufus B. von KleinSmid stands on left possibly giving degree to man to his right.
Photograph related to the article, "Degrees Awarded 1324 at U.S.C. Commencement," Los Angeles Times, 06 June 1926: 3.
The largest graduation class in USC history at the time at 1324.
Text from negative sleeve: University of Southern California, graduation, 1926 nitrates
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_6837
ark:/21198/zz002cx4cc
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Flags
Robes
Graduation ceremonies--California--Los Angeles
Diplomas
Kleinsmid, Rufus Bernhard von, 1875-1964
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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