Three runners in USC uniforms and one runner in a white Stanford uniform are about to cross the finish line on the track at the Coliseum. Officials officials observe. Spectators are seated in the grandstand in the distance.
Three runners in USC uniforms and one runner in a white Stanford uniform jump hurdles on the track at the Coliseum Officials officials in the background observe. Spectators are seated in the grandstand in the distance.
Two young men on athletic field, one standing, bent, pulling the other's feet, one seated, feet in air, hand holding cloth to face, shirt torn, with houses in background
About 45 graduates, in caps and gowns, seated on grass, with about 20 people, some in caps and gowns, standing behind, and about 4 people seated on benches at right, with trees in background and lawn in foreground
About 16 uniformed football players in motion on field, with about 20 spectators, mostly men, standing and seated along wooden fence at edge of field, building with domes, houses, and mountains in background
Rufus B. Von Kleinsmid and two other faculty members standing at podium, one holding academic hood, other faculty members seated, all in academic gowns, under decorated pavilion, with Coliseum peristyle with scaffolding visible in background
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. …