Mid-Century Convocation banquet, 1949

Object summary

Title: Mid-Century Convocation banquet, 1949
Object ID: GCP-00013664
Date made: 1949-04-01
Place made: United States, Massachusetts, Boston, Statler Hotel
Maker: Fay Foto Service, Inc.
Object type: Photograph
Major collection: MIT History
Named collection: Biographical/Subject Files Collection
On view: No

Description

Guests sit at banquet tables during the MIT Mid-Century Convocation banquet, 1949. Original caption: "Four head tables were required to seat honored guests, panel speakers, and their wives at the Faculty Dinner at the Hotel Statler on April 1, in honor of Winston Churchill and Harold E. Stassen." Used in: Technology Review, May 1949, p. 417. Original credit line: Fay Foto Service, Inc.