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Title: Original Whittier College
Alternative Title: Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information: Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description: Exterior view of the two-story building which was the birthplace of Whittier College. In 1887, the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) established the town of Whittier and the Whittier Academy. Over time the academy evolved into Whittier College, which was chartered by the State of California in 1901 with a student body of 25. This building was built in 1888 and torn down in 1967 and was relocated to 13111 East Philadelphia Street.
Type: image
Format: 1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00024814
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Whittier-Universities and colleges-Whittier College.; S-007-711 4x5
CARL0000029506
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/93488
Subject: Whittier College (Whittier, Calif.)
Universities and colleges--California--Whittier
Whittier (Calif.)

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