Louis Zamperini ran track and field for Torrance High School and USC. He qualified in the 5000 meters race for the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. While attending USC in 1938, he set the national collegiate mile record.
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.
Related to 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
This photograph appears with the article "Prehistoric Link Studied: U.S.C. Students Classify Extinct Animal Fossils Dug Up at Rifle Range, Fancy Feeding Him Peanuts." Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 1935: A3.