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Inauguration of Karl Taylor Compton, 1930

Object summary

Title
Inauguration of Karl Taylor Compton, 1930
Object ID
GCP-00000082
Date made
1930-06-06
Place made

United States, Massachusetts, Cambridge, MIT, Great Court

Object type
Photograph
Major collection
MIT History
Named collection
Biographical/Subject Files Collection
On view
No
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Description

A small group of men in academic robes and formal wear walk through a crowd seated in the Great Court for Karl Taylor Compton's inauguration. Text on recto reads "10".

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