Sea Scouts in rowboat, Balboa peninsula (Newport Beach), 1937

Item Overview

Title

Sea Scouts in rowboat, Balboa peninsula (Newport Beach), 1937

Photographer

Spencer, E. J. (Elias James), 1868-1945

Date Created

1937

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Related to Los Angeles Times article, November 28, 1937, "A Day With the Sea Scouts. Sea Scouts of the Crescent Bay Council, Santa Monica, are shown on this page learning navigation and sea ways aboard their ship Pinta, which they reconstructed themselves from an old Navy whaleboat. They are among the 2000 Southland Sea Scouts who now are participating with their fellow Sea Scouts of California, Utah, Nevada and Arizona in the annual regional rendezvous at Balboa." (Times photos by E.J. Spencer)
Two Sea Scouts, in uniform, in rowboat in ocean, with shore, trees, and buildings in background

Caption

Text from nitrate negative sleeve: 12198 4/21/38 Sea Scouts (opens[?])

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Subjects

Environment
Balboa (Newport Beach, Calif.)
Transportation
Rowboats--American--California--Newport Beach
Youth

Names

Sea Scouts (Boy Scouts of America)

Location

Newport Beach (Calif.)

Resource type

still image