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Photograph caption dated September 25, 1964 reads, "Mrs. Jules Stein wields a champagne bottle against an earthmover during ground-breaking ceremonies for the $5 million Jules Stein Eye Institute at the UCLA Center for Health Sciences. Looking on are Jules Stein, left, and Franklin Murphy, UCLA chancellor. The building, set for completion in the spring of 1966, is being financed by nearly 100 donations from individuals, firms and foundations. Ceremony was Tuesday."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
University of California, Los Angeles Jules Stein Eye Institute Ground breaking ceremonies--California--Westwood (Los Angeles) Building construction--California--Westwood (Los Angeles) Earthmoving machinery--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Champagne (Wine) Westwood (Los Angeles, Calif.) Group portraits Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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