Port Pilot Fred Warner, Richard J. Brophy and Captain Oscar Nilsen pose on the C. A. Larsen, Los Angeles, 1928

Item Overview

Title

Port Pilot Fred Warner, Richard J. Brophy and Captain Oscar Nilsen pose on the C. A. Larsen, Los Angeles, 1928

Date Created

[October 9, 1928]

Date

1928-10-09

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

Description

For additional photographs related to the embarkation of Commander Richard Byrd's Antarctic Expedition from Los Angeles, see items with Old Div IDs: uclamss_1429_1305 through uclamss_1429_1337
For accompanying press release, see Item Ark: 21198/zz002dbsgw
From left to right, Port Pilot Fred Warner, Richard J. Brophy and Captain Oscar Nilsen pose on the Norwegian ship, C. A. Larsen. The three men stand in a row at center and all look to camera. Fred Warner holds a cigarillo in his hand. Chain-link fencing wraps behind the group. Ship rigging passes in front of them at left. At right, the side of a lifeboat abuts the fencing. A tall mast rises in the background at left.
This photograph appears in the photo spread titled, "Whaler C. A. Larsen in Port Taking On Supplies for Byrd Expedition," Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 1928: A8

Caption

Text from newspaper caption: The Norwegian Whaler C. A. Larsen Arrived in Los Angeles Harbor Yesterday and immediately began loading the 10,000 tons of whalers' and explorers' supplies destined for Commander Byrd's South Pole thrust and for use by the Ross Sea Whaling Company operating in the most southern of all waters. Commander Byrd and fourteen other members of his party will go aboard today and the sturdy craft will set sail with the flood tide at 5 p.m. today. The Byrd planes, loaded at Norfolk, Va., were aboard and in perfect condition. In the photos above the whaler is shown entering West Basin through drawbridge (left); Byrd's planes amidships (middle,) and on the right, left to right, Capt. Fred Warner, port pilot; Richard J. Brophy, business manager of Byrd expedition and Capt. Oscar Nilsen, commanding whaler Larsen. (Times photo.) [Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 1928: A8]
Text from accompanying press release: Watch Your Credit___________"P & A Photos" LA 15292---------(Los Angeles Bureau) Byrd's Expedition Ship Ready to Sail. The C. A. Larsen arrived in Los Angeles Port recently from Norfolk, Virginia, and the loading of the vessel began immediately. There was 10,000 tons of whaling and explorers' supplies put aboard, for the two expeditions, that of the Byrd party and the Ross Sea Whaling Company, of which the 18,000 ton factory ship is the chief unit. 47,500 barrels of fuel oil was loaded, and also seventy five head of sheep and several milch cows for the whalers and a large consignment of last minute stores for the Byrd expedition. Photo shows (left to right) Captain Fred Warner, Port Pilot; Richard J. Brophy, manager of the Byrd expedition; and Captain Oscar Nilsen, veteran Antarctic whaler, who commands the C. A. Larsen. (LA FM 3) 10/9/28
Handwritten text from negative sleeve: Byrd, Richard E. arrival + departure

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

news photographs
cellulose nitrate film
Group portraits

Names

Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957
C. A. Larsen (Whaling ship)
Warner, Fred, b. 1867 or 68
Nilson, Oscar
Brophy, Richard J.

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Sailors--American--California--Los Angeles
Ships--Norwegian--California--Los Angeles
Discovery & exploration--American--California--Los Angeles
Arrivals & departures--American--California--Los Angeles
Sailors--Norwegian--California--Los Angeles
Los Angeles Harbor (Calif.)