R.L. Yates sits atop a bowsprit, Newport Beach, 1938-1939

Item Overview

Title

R.L. Yates sits atop a bowsprit, Newport Beach, 1938-1939

Date Created

December 1938-January 1939

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

More and more residents opt to travel to a warmer climate on board the Mildura as winter sets in.
R.L. balances himself on a narrow rope and a chain underneath his feet as he ties another piece of the rope. The harbor can be seen in the background below him.
Photograph appears with the article, "Newport Ketch Made Ready for Cruise through Canal," Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec 1938: 6.

Caption

Text from newspaper caption: R. L. Yates shown working on bowsprit of yacht Mildura, being prepared to leave Newport on cruise to Panama.
Text from negative sleeve: 15409 - The Yacht Mildura proposes to sail to Panama from Newport State Page layout [stamped:] Jan 23 1939 [stamped:] Jan 25 1939

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Subjects

Hats
Ship equipment & rigging
Yachts--American--California--Newport Beach
Ocean travel

Names

Yates, R.L.

Location

Newport Beach (Calif.)

Resource type

still image