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Mrs. Herbert Hoover with Whittier College President, Dr. Walter F. Dexter, and his wife, Whittier, 1933

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Title: Mrs. Herbert Hoover with Whittier College President, Dr. Walter F. Dexter, and his wife, Whittier, 1933
Date Created and/or Issued: June 10, 1933
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
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Mrs. Lou Henry Hoover, wife of former President Herbert Hoover receives a bouquet of flowers from Mrs. Ethel L. Dexter as Dr. Walter Friar Dexter, President of Whittier College (1923-1934) looks on. Mrs. Hoover attended the 30th commencement ceremony at the college where she had earlier been awarded an honorary degree of Doctorate of Literature.
This photograph appears with the article, "Graduates Led By Mrs. Hoover," Los Angeles Times, 11 Jun. 1933: C10.
Handwritten on negative: Mrs. Herbert Hoover & Dr. W. F. Dexter, Mrs.
Text on negative sleeve: Hoover, Herbert
Text from newspaper caption: Whittier College Hails Noted Guest [Los Angeles Times, 11 Jun. 1933: C10.]
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_9604
ark:/21198/zz002dhq1f
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Commencement ceremonies
College presidents--California--Whittier
Presidents' spouses--United States
Dexter, Walter Friar, 1886-1945
Dexter, Ethel L., 1883-1959
Whittier College (Whittier, Calif.) Presidents
Hoover, Lou Henry, 1874-1944
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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