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Title
Frances Howard assisting Nate Halpern with purchasing textbooks, University of Southern California, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued
September 23, 1935
1935-09-23
Publication Information
Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information
US
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
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 "Stocking Up on Knowledge: Textbook Sales at U.S.C. Store Increase Largely," Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 1935: A3.
Text from newspaper caption: Lots of textbooks are needed to get good grades, and Nate Halpern, Trojan Phi Beta Kappa member, buys a large supply from Miss Frances Howard, co-ed, in the U.S.C. store.
Handwritten on negative: L 2 R, Frances Howard, Nate Halpern, 9-23-35
Text from negative sleeve: 2222, Frances Howard, Nate Halpern, USC, 9-23-35, [stamped:] Sep
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_8613
ark:/21198/zz002dghvh
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Students--American--California--Los Angeles
Bookstores--California--Los Angeles
Books
Howard, Frances
University of Southern California
Halpern, Nathan L., $d. 1914-2004
Source
OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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