St. Vincent's College, study hall
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Identifier |
Centennial_00038 |
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Title |
St. Vincent's College, study hall |
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Creator |
Unknown |
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Date Created |
circa 1890 |
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Subject (Topic) |
School buildings--19th century; Universities and colleges--19th century; Auditoriums--19th century; Schools--Furniture, equipment, etc.; College campuses--California--Los Angeles |
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Subject (Name) |
St. Vincent's College (Los Angeles, Calif.) |
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Subject (Place) |
Los Angeles (Calif.) |
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Type |
Image |
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Form/Genre |
Photographs |
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Physical Description |
1 photograph: black and white; 21 x 26 cm. |
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Institution |
Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University |
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Country of Creation |
US |
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Copyright Statement |
https://library.lmu.edu/policies&procedures/librarycopyrightpolicy/ |
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Copyright Holder |
Loyola Marymount University |
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Collection Identifier |
Loyola Marymount University Archives |
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Item/Call Number |
Photographic prints 1A |
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Description |
Several rows of empty wooden desks in a large, colonnaded room. The border around the photograph features an ornate torch motif with the St. Vincent's crest on either side of image. Inscription reads "Study Hall." |
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Historical Background |
St. Vincent's Select College for Boys was founded in 1865 by the Vincentian Fathers at the request of Bishop Thaddeus Amat y Brusi. The first classes were held in Don Vicente Lugo's adobe townhome on the Plaza at the southeast end of what is now historic Olvera Street. 2 years later, the school moved to Hill Street, and then moved again in 1887 to Grand Avenue and Washington Blvd. Over the years, St. Vincent's College produced some noteworthy graduates, including Columbia educator Dr. David Sneddon (Class of 1890), composer Ferde Grofe, Krazy Kat cartoonist George Herriman, and famous LA noir detective novelist S.S. Van Dyne, who attended under the name William Huntington Wright. Although St. Vincent's College planned yet another move in 1905, the plans were temporarily set aside when the Vincentians withdrew from the education ministry in Los Angeles. They sold the campus to the Jesuits in 1910 who reopened the school the following year as Los Angeles College. |
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Cited In |
Starr, Kevin. Loyola Marymount University, 1911-2011: A Centennial History. Los Angeles: Loyola Marymount University, 2011. |
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Image Caption |
"Study hall was mandatory at St. Vincent's, along with lectures, recitations, competitive debate, and religious observances"--Starr, K. , Loyola Marymount University 1911-2011. |
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Additional Notes |
Title supplied by cataloger. |
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Metacollection Identifier |
http://digitalcollections.lmu.edu/ |
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Project note |
Centennial |
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