This photograph is related to the article, “VIKINGS TRIM ANTARCTIC SAIL: Explorer Byrd's Party Will Begin Voyage Today Intrepid Group Starting for Uncharted Perils Expedition Thrusts at Last Outpost of Globe,” Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 1928: A1
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
In the near distance at center, the U.S.S Chicago is moored near Los Angeles Harbor on Navy Day. It is viewed at an angle from its starboard side. A few smaller vessels sit alongside the large cruiser. Naval insignia waves from a flag line that stretches down the ship's mid-line. The American flag waves from the ship's stern at left. Los Angeles Harbor is barely visible in the background.
The camera looks down towards the deck of the Norwegian ship, C. A. Larsen, and a crowd of spectators. The ship's deck, passes across the image on an angle stretching up to the left from the lower right corner. On the deck, passengers stand along the ship's rail, on its right side. Farther below and to the right of the ship's deck, a large crowd gathers on the wharf. A small channel of water stretches alongside the right side of the wharf. Its rocky bank is visible extending across the top edge. In the upper left corner, a dock passes over the channel.
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
The camera looks down from the side of a ship (not in frame) and towards a large gathering of spectators standing on the wharf below. A gap between the crowd and the ship extends past the lower right corner. Beyond it, a thick crowd of spectators stand, facing camera. Some tip their hats or wave towards the camera. The crowd stretches back on an upward angle to the right. Near the upper right corner, a tripod sits atop the roof of a vehicle that is surrounded by the crowd. A narrow channel of water passes behind them.
Possibly related to Los Angeles Times article, “Navy Home From ‘Battle’ Gives 40,000 Men Leave; San Pedro-San Diego Area Base for 152 Ships as Month’s Gruelling Pacific War Comes to End,” 23 Mar. 1932: A1.
This photograph is related to the articles, "COMMANDER BYRD SAILS FOR FROZEN ANTARCTIC: Thousands Cheer as All-American Soldiers of Science Depart; Last Word Sent by 'Times'," and "Flags Flutter and Whistles Toot Farewell," Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 1928: A1
From left to right, Burt Edwards, Walter B. Allen and Governor James Rolph stand in a row along a wharf in Los Angeles Harbor at left. The wharf enters frame along the left half of the bottom edge and stretches back to the left. At right, a boat is moored to the wharf. On the boat, Fred Warner stands on the deck and leans against the boat's cabin. Behind him, the American flag and other nautical flags wave. The harbor's waters extend across the background.
At center, a small boat pulls up alongside the C. A. Larsen. The C. A. Larsen enters frame from the right and its stern stretches back towards center. Atop the roof of the small boat in front, several men appear to help Commander Richard E. Byrd as he boards the sailing whaler. He blends into the side of the ship as he grips onto the stern's handrails. Crew members help him onto the ship and few more crew stand along the rails and watch the scene. At right and on the top deck of the C. A. Larsen, a lifeboat sits. An American flag waves off the back of the stern. The Port of Los Angeles is visible in the background at left.
View of the HMS Havock (H 43), a Destroyer in the Royal Navy, at Berth 57 in the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro. The berth number is visible on the building behind the ship and "H 43" is painted in the side of the ship in two places. The HMS Havock was launched in 1936 and lost in 1942.
Photograph of title page and back page. Title page reads: Ye Ancient Port of Los Angeles, discovered 1542 : its history and romance from its earliest days. An address delivered by T.F. Keaveny of the Los Angeles Harbort Dept. (Before the Foreign Trades Club of Southern California) 1928