Commander Richard Byrd, Mrs. Marie A. Byrd and their traveling companions walk through the railroad yard, Los Angeles, 1928

Item Overview

Title

Commander Richard Byrd, Mrs. Marie A. Byrd and their traveling companions walk through the railroad yard, Los Angeles, 1928

Date Created

[circa October 5, 1928]

Date

1928-10-05

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

Description

A cropped and flipped version of this photograph appears in a small photo spread titled, "Polar Hero Reaches Hop-off Point," Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 1928: A1
Commander Richard Byrd and his wife are followed by their traveling companions as they walk through a railroad yard. The group of about a dozen or so people walks through the image, towards the left. Commander Richard Byrd stands, second from the left, and leads the group. An unknown man (leftmost) walks ahead of him and converses with Commander Byrd. Mrs. Byrd (Marie A.) stands closer to camera, just off-center to the right. She carries a fur stole as she steps over a railroad track beam. Nearer to camera and to the right of her, an unknown man walks through through the tracks. At center, from left to right, Russell Owen and Alton Parker walk behind and between Commander and Mrs. Byrd. Russell Owen walks with a pipe hanging from his mouth as he carries a set of books. Alton Parker dons his military uniform. Behind the group, a train car sits on the tracks at center.
For additional photographs of Richard E. Byrd and his Antarctic expedition party arriving in Los Angeles prior to their embarkation, see Old Div IDs: uclamss_1429_1295 through uclamss_1429_1299
This photograph is related to the article, “BYRD ARRIVES ILL FROM COLD: Commander and Wifs Given Cordial Greetings Polar Hero Takes to Bed With High Fever Start for Antartic to be Early Next Week,” Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 1928: A1

Caption

Text from newspaper caption: [P. & A. photos] Byrd and Aides […] Below—Mrs. Byrd. (Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 1928: A1)
Text from negative sleeve: Byrd, Richard E. Arrival & Departure X

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Owen, Russell, 1889-1952
Parker, Alton, 1895-1942
Byrd, Marie Ames, 1889-1974
Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Railroad stations--California--Los Angeles
Discovery & exploration--American--California--Los Angeles
Arrivals & departures--American--California--Los Angeles
Military personnel--American--California--Los Angeles