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Herbert Hoover and other academics come to honor Dr. James Blaisdell, Claremont, 1936

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Title: Herbert Hoover and other academics come to honor Dr. James Blaisdell, Claremont, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued: February 8, 1936
1936-02-08
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.
Three other men dressed in academic robes stand around Blaisdell as one of them hands him a scroll. Former President Hoover stands in the center.
Similar photograph appears with the article, "Hoover Aids In Tribute," Los Angeles Times, 08 Feb 1936: 1.
Claremont Colleges celebrated the 25th anniversary of its president Dr. James Arnold Blaisdell, joining Pomona College. Faculty of Pomona College and other educators from seventy universities attended.
Text from negative sleeve: 3608 - Leftvto right, James A. Blaisdell Herbert Hoover. +group shot Anniversary celebration at Pomona College. 2/8/36 [stamped:] Feb 13 1936
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_12697
ark:/21198/zz002hmrhr
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Celebrations--California--Claremont
Mortarboards (Caps)
College administrators
Academic costumes--California--Claremont
Presidents--United States
Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.)
Blaisdell, James Arnold, 1867-1957
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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