The Comptons and Emersons at formal event, 1938

Object summary

Title: The Comptons and Emersons at formal event, 1938
Object ID: GCP-00007776
Date made: 1938
Place made: United States, Massachusetts
Object type: Photograph
Major collection: MIT History
Named collection: Biographical/Subject Files Collection
On view: No

Description

Karl Taylor Compton and Margaret Hutchinson Compton host William Emerson and Francis White Emerson at a formal occasion. Stamp on verso reads "M. I. T. Historical Collections, Boston Herald Photo, Date Published Dec 13, 1938, Date Received 10-22-74".

Original Caption: "Principal figures at the reception of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Corporation to Dean William Emerson and the faculty of the institute's new architectural school in Cambridge last night. Left to right, Dr. Karl T. Compton, president of the Institute; Mrs. Compton, and Dean and Mrs. Emerson."