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Bat specimen brought back by a team of U.S.C. scientists from their exploration of the Gulf of Lower California, Los Angeles, February 21, 1940

Description:
Bat specimen brought back by a team of University of Southern California scientists from their exploration of the Gulf of Lower California on U.S.C.’s Velero III cruiser. The expedition was captained by Allan Hancock, president of the U.S.C. board of trustees, and included a team of three zoologists, an ornithologist, a botanist, an ichthyologist, a parasitologist, a scientific artist, a photographer, a collector, and an official observer for the Mexican government. The team brought back several thousands of specimens including birds, fish, mammals, algae, and parasites.
Date:
February 21, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Bat specimen brought back by a team of U.S.C. scientists from their exploration of the Gulf of Lower California, Los Angeles, February 21, 1940

Bat specimen brought back by a team of U.S.C. scientists from their exploration of the Gulf of Lower California, Los Angeles, February 21, 1940

Description:
Bat specimen brought back by a team of University of Southern California scientists from their exploration of the Gulf of Lower California on U.S.C.’s Velero III cruiser. The expedition was captained by Allan Hancock, president of the U.S.C. board of trustees, and included a team of three zoologists, an ornithologist, a botanist, an ichthyologist, a parasitologist, a scientific artist, a photographer, a collector, and an official observer for the Mexican government. The team brought back several thousands of specimens including birds, fish, mammals, algae, and parasites.
Date:
February 21, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Bat specimen brought back by a team of U.S.C. scientists from their exploration of the Gulf of Lower California, Los Angeles, February 21, 1940

Distant view of a race at the S.C. and Stanford dual track meet at the Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:
The backs of spectators' heads line the bottom edge. Ahead of them, the track sits below camera-level as it stretches across the image. Three piles of hurdles sit on the field alongside the track. The field stretches across the mid-ground. Athletes and meet officials dot the near side of the field. On the far side of the field, several runners race at center, traveling to the left. The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum's stands stretch across the background.
Date:
[circa May 5, 1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Distant view of a race at the S.C. and Stanford dual track meet at the Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1934

Frank C. Touton awarding diploma to his daughter, Harriet Louise Touton, University of Southern California graduation, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:
This image is described in Los Angeles Times article, June 15, 1934, Ten Thousand Gather fo U.S.C. Graduation, Class of 1593 Given Diplomas and Other Awards in Colorful Twilight Ceremony at Coliseum … There were dramatic moments, too, such as when Dr. Frank C. Touton, vice-president of the university, who awarded the diplomas, found his pretty young daughter, Herriette [Harriet] Louise Touton, in line and as soon as he had handed her a diploma he planted a resounding kiss on her cheek. …
Date:
June 14, 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Frank C. Touton awarding diploma to his daughter, Harriet Louise Touton, University of Southern California graduation, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1934

Geologists Malcolm Bissell and Arthur Tieje discussing drought and desert, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
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. …
Date:
April 7, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Geologists Malcolm Bissell and Arthur Tieje discussing drought and desert, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1935