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Karl Taylor Compton at Inauguration of E. S. Burdell, 1938

Object summary

Title
Karl Taylor Compton at Inauguration of E. S. Burdell, 1938
Object ID
GCP-00000368
Date made
1938-11-03
Place made

United States, New York, New York, Cooper Union

Object type
Photograph
Major collection
MIT History
Named collection
Biographical/Subject Files Collection
On view
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Karl Taylor Compton, Bishop Manning, Gano Dunn and Edward S. Burdell, in academic robes, walk down sidewalk outside the department of social philosophy at the Cooper Union. Text on recto reads "Inauguration of E. S. Burdell as Director of the Cooper Union, Nov 3, 1938". Stamp on verso reads "M.I.T. Historical Collections, received from Mrs. K.T. Compton, date Nov. 1975".

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