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Bel Air Tract and the University of California, Los Angeles, Westwood, Los Angeles. December 5, 1933

Description: A panoramic view of the campus of the Bel Air Tract and the University of California, Los Angeles. The Bel Air Country Club golf course occupies the center of the image, and is flanked on the right by some houses or apartments and a small lake. Several very large houses are widely spaced in the hills on the left, above the country club. The UCLA campus is on the far right, with the Men's and Women's Gymnasiums at the bottom of the hill, in front of Royce Hall and College Library (now Powell Library). There are numerous automobiles parked in front of the gymnasiums. Writing in white below the road in the center reads "Photo by ; C.C. Pierce & Co. ; 1572 W Pico LA ; 12-5-33."
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Date: December 5, 1933
Call number: photCL 470 (124)

University of California, Los Angeles, and Bel Air Tract, Westwood, Los Angeles. 1933

Visual Materials

A panoramic view of the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles, and the adjacent Bel Air Tract. There are a few houses or apartments on the left, beyond which is the Bel Air Country Club golf course and a small lake. The UCLA campus is in the center of the image, with the Men's and Women's Gymnasiums at the bottom of the hill, in front of Royce Hall and College Library (now Powell Library). There are numerous automobiles parked in front of the gymnasiums. Westwood Village is visible on the far right. Writing in white above the road in the center reads "Photo by ; C.C. Pierce & Co. ; 1572 W Pico".

photCL 470 (123)

Bel Air Tract and University of California, Los Angeles, Westwood, Los Angeles. 1931-1932

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A panoramic view of the Bel Air Tract and campus of the University of California, Los Angeles. There are already several very large houses in the Bel Air area on the left, overlooking the Bel Air Country Club golf course. The UCLA campus is on the right with a small lake, playing fields, and two buildings under construction in the front, and Royce Hall and College Library (now Powell Library) behind them. Writing in white in the bottom center reads "Pettit's Studio ; 1416 W. Pico L.A. ; Made 1933".

photCL 470 (121)

University of California, Los Angeles, from Beverly Boulevard, Westwood, Los Angeles. approximately 1932

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A panoramic view of the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles, from Beverly Boulevard. There are a few houses or apartments on the left, beyond which is a small lake. The UCLA campus is in the center of the image, with the Men's and Women's Gymnasiums at the bottom of the hill, in front of Royce Hall and College Library (now Powell Library). There are numerous automobiles parked in front of the gymnasiums. Westwood Village is visible on the far right. The road in the foreground is labeled "Beverly Blvd." in white, though there is no corresponding Beverly Boulevard in Westwood today. Writing in white in the bottom center reads "Made 1931 ; Pettit's Studio ; 1416 W. Pico L.A. ; RI. 8534".

photCL 470 (122)

Gymnasium, University of California, Los Angeles, Westwood, Los Angeles. 1932

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A panoramic view of one of the gymnasiums on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles. The large building sits at the bottom of a hill. To the left there is an expansive parking lot which is crowded with cars. To the left of the parking lot there are practice fields for football and baseball. Writing in white in the bottom right corner reads "Photo By ; C.C. Pierce & Co. ; 1572 W. Pico Blvd ; L.A. Calif."

photCL 470 (117)

Streets of old Monterey section west of the University of California, Los Angeles, Westwood, Los Angeles. October 1933

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A panoramic view of the Monterey section, west of the University of California, Los Angeles, campus. The view faces east, across a street lined with young trees, towards the UCLA campus. There are multistory residential buildings along the street, and a few parked automobiles. In the distance there are playing fields, and beyond that the Men's and Women's Gymnasiums, Kerckhoff Hall, and the rest of the campus buildings. The area just above the horizon has been whited out. PhotCL 470 (127) is a similar view taken from slightly farther south.

photCL 470 (126)

University of California, Los Angeles, Westwood, Los Angeles. 1932

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A panoramic view of the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles, facing west and north. The university buildings, from left to right are the Education Building (now Moore Hall)(?), College Library (now Powell Library), and Royce Hall. The area in the center is mostly undeveloped, while on the right there is a palm-lined drive, lined with parked automobiles, and with large houses to its right. The photograph was taken from a partially full parking lot. Writing in white in the bottom center reads "Photo by ; C.C. Pierce & Co. ; 1572 W. Pico Blvd. ; L.A. Calif."

photCL 470 (120)

Bel Air Tract and the University of California, Los Angeles, Westwood, Los Angeles. December 5, 1933

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