Occidental College is a private liberal arts college in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 1887 as a coeducational college by clergy and members of the Presbyterian Church, it became non-sectarian in 1910. It is one of the oldest liberal arts colleges on the West Coast of the United States.
Pershing Square campus, ca. 1896
Highland Park campus, 1904
President William Howard Taft at Occidental in October 1911
Occidental College in the 1920s
Eagle Rock is a neighborhood of Northeast Los Angeles, abutting the San Rafael Hills in Los Angeles County, California.
The community is named after Eagle Rock, a large boulder whose shadow resembles an eagle. Eagle Rock was once part of the Rancho San Rafael under Spanish and Mexican governorship. In 1911, Eagle Rock was incorporated as a city, and in 1923 it was annexed by Los Angeles.
Image: Eagle Rock Women's Christian Temperence Union Home
Image: Johnson Student Center and Freeman College Union (cropped)
Image: Eagle Rock at dusk (cropped)
Image: Eagle Rock, St. Dominic Catholic Church, 2016.05.13 (01) (29376727885)