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Ornithologist Granville P. Ashcraft with bird specimen collected by a team of U.S.C. scientists during their exploration of the Gulf of Lower California, Los Angeles, February 21, 1940

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Ornithologist Granville P. Ashcraft measuring the beak of a bird specimen brought back by a team of University of Southern California scientists from their exploration of the Gulf of Lower California on U.S.C.’s Velero III cruiser. The expedition was captained by Allan Hancock, president of the U.S.C. board of trustees, and included a team of three zoologists, an ornithologist (Ashcraft), a botanist, an ichthyologist, a parasitologist, a scientific artist, a photographer, a collector, and an official observer for the Mexican government. The team brought back several thousands of specimens including birds, fish, mammals, algae, and parasites.
Date:
February 21, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Ornithologist Granville P. Ashcraft with bird specimen collected by a team of U.S.C. scientists during their exploration of the Gulf of Lower California, Los Angeles, February 21, 1940

Ornithologist Granville P. Ashcraft holding a bird specimen collected by a team of U.S.C. scientists during their exploration of the Gulf of Lower California, Los Angeles, February 21, 1940

Description:
Ornithologist Granville P. Ashcraft holding a bird specimen brought back by a team of University of Southern California scientists from their exploration of the Gulf of Lower California on U.S.C.’s Velero III cruiser. The expedition was captained by Allan Hancock, president of the U.S.C. board of trustees, and included a team of three zoologists, an ornithologist (Ashcraft), a botanist, an ichthyologist, a parasitologist, a scientific artist, a photographer, a collector, and an official observer for the Mexican government. The team brought back several thousands of specimens including birds, fish, mammals, algae, and parasites.
Date:
February 21, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Ornithologist Granville P. Ashcraft holding a bird specimen collected by a team of U.S.C. scientists during their exploration of the Gulf of Lower California, Los Angeles, February 21, 1940

Ornithologist Granville P. Ashcraft with specimens collected by a team of U.S.C. scientists during their exploration of the Gulf of Lower California, Los Angeles, February 21, 1940

Description:
Ornithologist Grenville P. Ashcraft measuring bird specimens brought back by a team of University of Southern California scientists from their exploration of the Gulf of Lower California on U.S.C.’s Velero III cruiser. The expedition was captained by Allan Hancock, president of the U.S.C. board of trustees, and included a team of three zoologists, an ornithologist, a botanist, an ichthyologist, a parasitologist, a scientific artist, a photographer, a collector, and an official observer for the Mexican government. The team brought back several thousands of specimens including birds, fish, mammals, algae, and parasites.
Date:
February 21, 1940
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Ornithologist Granville P. Ashcraft with specimens collected by a team of U.S.C. scientists during their exploration of the Gulf of Lower California, Los Angeles, February 21, 1940

John P. McNabb tests carbon monoxide levels, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Cleo the canary was used to measure levels of carbon monoxide in tunnels, which can prove to be very dangerous to those who are more susceptible to the gas. Company secretary of the testing facility Colonial Mutual Compensation Insurance Company John P. McNabb will be submitting the test results to the Health Department and other sectors.
Date:
March 11, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
John P. McNabb tests carbon monoxide levels, Los Angeles, 1936

Charles Swett, Dr. John Garth and G. Allan Hancock on a yacht upon their return from an expedition to the Galapagos Islands, Los Angeles, 1932

Description:
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 scientific expeditions up and down the west coast. John Garth joined a 1931 exposition as a ship musician playing cello; he was so take by his experience that he earned a Ph.D in zoology in 1941, participated in 10 major Hancock expeditions and was a professor of biological sciences at the University of Southern California for more than 30 years. W. Charles Swett was a contractor who participated in many or all of Hancock's expeditions in various capacities, including photographer.
Date:
February 29, 1932
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Charles Swett, Dr. John Garth and G. Allan Hancock on a yacht upon their return from an expedition to the Galapagos Islands, Los Angeles, 1932