View of Frances Howard standing in scarf and dress, handing a book to Nate Halpern, standing in collared shirt, jacket, pants, and holding books. The USC bookstore reportedly had an increase in sales of 10 to 15 percent over the last year.
This photograph appears with the article “Geologists Picture Midwest as Sahara, New Desert Foreseen in Dust-Swept Area,” Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 1935: 2. The article states: The theory that another great American desert is in the process of formation in the drought-stricken, wind-swept section of the Midwest was advanced yesterday … Their prediction is based on the dry years experienced in the Midwest since 1930, the drought and intense heat of 1934, and the current dust storms which have swept over Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Texas, and Iowa. …
Jesse Owens of the Ohio State University track team competes against an unidentified member of the University of Southern California track team in a hurdle race at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Spectators watch in the background.
Tom Lawless (left), managing editor of the daily Trojan, looks over layout presented by Martha Williams (right), organizational editor. A copy of the Daily Trojan sits on the desk where Lawless is seated.