G. Allan Hancock's yacht, the Velero III, possibly just after it was launched, Long Beach, 1931-1939

Title: G. Allan Hancock's yacht, the Velero III, possibly just after it was launched, Long Beach, 1931-1939
Date Created: [between 1931-1939]
Date: 1931/1939
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: Refer to the article, " Coast's Largest Cruiser Leaves Builder's Hands: Hancock Yacht Launched," Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 1931: A1.
Photograph of Velero III, a yacht owned by G. Allan Hancock and used for scientific expeditions, with a tug boat beside it. The negative is stored with an image of the yacht just before it was launched in 1931.
The yacht's owner and captain, G. Allan Hancock, was a millionaire and prominent figure in Los Angeles oil industry. Hancock commissioned several large yachts for expeditions up and down the west coast.
Caption: Text on negative sleeve: Hancock, G. Allen[sic]

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Hancock, Allan, 1875-
Location: Long Beach (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Yachts--American--California--Los Angeles
Tugboats--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_5117
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002cv32b
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Rights Country: US
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