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Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960
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New Court of Sciences of UCLA, taken from roof of Mathematical Sciences building, [s.d.]
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New Court of Sciences of UCLA, taken from roof of Mathematical Sciences building, [s.d.]
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Photograph of New Court of Sciences of UCLA, taken from roof of Mathematical Sciences building, [s.d.]. In the foreground at right, a large dome can be seen on the flat roof of the building. To the far left, the Geology building (Chemistry building?) is visible. In the extreme background at right, the Life Sciences building is visible. Several smaller structures can be seen to the left. Between the large buildings, small patches of lawn and trees can be seen. Excavation on right is for Engineering-Physical Sciences limit #2. In the extreme background, the city is visible through the smog.; "In 1880, with a population of 11,000, Los Angeles was a gaslit pueblo trying to convince the state to establish in Southern California a second State Normal School like the one already existing in San Jose, some 300 miles to the north. In March of the following year, the State Assembly approved the establishment of such a school. A group of enthusiastic citizens, over 200 of whom contributed between $2 and $500, purchased a site less than a mile from the business section. Soon the towering Victorian form of the school rose from an orange grove that, today, is the site of the Central Los Angeles Public Library. On August 29, 1882, the Los Angeles Branch of the State Normal School welcomed its first students. By 1914 the little pueblo of Los Angeles had grown to a city of 350,000 and the school, whose enrollment far exceeded its capacity, moved to new quarters -- a Hollywood ranch off a dirt road which would later become Vermont Avenue. With a view toward expansion, Director Ernest Carroll Moore proposed in 1917 that the school become the first branch of the Berkeley-based University of California. Two years later on May 23, 1919, California Governor William D. Stephens signed the legislation that created the "Southern Branch" of the University of California -- no longer merely a teacher's college but an institution that offered two years of instruction in Letters and Science. Third- and fourth-year courses were soon added, the first class of 300 students was graduated in 1925, and by 1927 the Southern Branch had earned its new name: University of California at Los Angeles (the "at" became a comma in 1958). As the student population of the University continued to increase, the need for a new site became obvious and the search was soon under way for a permanent home for UCLA." -- unknown author.
Asset Metadata
Title
New Court of Sciences of UCLA, taken from roof of Mathematical Sciences building, [s.d.]
Subject
educational facilities
(adlf),
Los Angeles -- Schools -- Colleges & Universities -- UCLA
(file heading),
Schools
(lcsh),
Students
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Type
images
Format
1 photographs : photoprints ; 21 x 26 cm.
(aacr2),
photographic prints
(aat),
photographs
(aat)
Source
California Historical Society
(contributing entity),
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
(collection),
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960
(subcollection)
Publisher
University of Southern California. Libraries
(digital)
Repository Email
specol@lib.usc.edu
Repository Name
USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository Location
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Rights
Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.
Copyright
Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.
Access Conditions
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m18490
Identifier
44462 (
accession number
), CHS-44462 (
call number
), CHS-44462 (
filename
), chs-m825 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-15858 (
legacy record id
), chs-m18490 (
legacy record id
), 84-1-669 (
microfiche number
), 10083-2 (
unidentified no.
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
15858
Unique identifier
UC113919
Legacy Identifier
CHS-44462.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
20.6 in × 16.5 in at 300dpi
52.5 cm × 42.1 cm at 300dpi
Inherited Values
Title
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960
Description
The more than 3,600 unique photographs of this collection document the Chamber's promotional efforts during the city's early years. In addition to stock photographs, there are pictures of the elaborate booths and displays that the Chamber prepared for use at state fairs and international trade shows. The photographic collection contains images showing the growth of important municipal enterprises, such as ground transportation systems, aviation, and shipping. In addition there are about 1,000 lantern slides in this collection -- not yet fully digitized.
Date Created
1860/1960
Linked assets
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960
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