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
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 San Pedro Harbor, as viewed from the S. S. Catalina as it sails through a channel. In the foreground, the S. S. Catalina sits in partial view. Its rail stretches across the left half of the bottom edge and past the lower left corner. At right, a sailor stands in partial view; only his head is visible along the bottom edge. He looks to the left. Beyond the ship and sailor, the channel extends back, passing alongside the ferry on an upward angle from right to left. Piers cluttered with cranes and rigging line the far side of the channel.
Photograph of San Pedro Harbor, as viewed from the bow of the S. S. Catalina as it sails through a channel. The bow of the S. S. Catalina spans the width of the bottom edge and tapers to a point at center. A flagpole rises from the front of the prow. Beyond the ferry, a channel stretches into the distance. Its shores line the background.
Likely related to the article, "PREPAREDNESS PLEAS MARK NAVY DAY FETES: All Southland Joins in Celebration; Cluverius Calls Merchant Ships Vital," Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 1936: A1
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.
Distant view of two sailboats sailing in the water near San Pedro. The two boats are viewed from the side. The sailboat at left is slightly nearer to camera and sails towards the right. The boat at right is further out and sails towards the left. Water occupies the space surrounding the sailboats.
Photograph of the S. S. Catalina sailing through a channel in San Pedro Harbor. In the foreground, the S. S. Catalina sits in partial view. Its forward hull spans the width of the bottom edge and stretches back on an angle to the left. At right, a sailor stands in partial view; only his head is visible along the bottom edge. He looks to the right. Beyond the ship and sailor, the channel extends back, passing alongside the ferry on an upward angle from right to left. Piers cluttered with cranes and rigging line the far side of the channel.
Photograph of spectators standing on the shoreline and looking out towards the water where the Catalina ferry sails out of the harbor in San Pedro. A rock wall lines the shoreline that stretches across the image in the near distance. It juts further out into the water at right. A cluster of several spectators stand and sit along the rocks with their backs to the camera as they look out towards the water that lies beyond the shore. In the distance at left, the Catalina Ferry sails out of the harbor and towards the horizon. Smoke billows from its 2 smokestacks. The ocean surrounds the boat and extends to the horizon. Barely visible on the horizon and to the left of the ferry stands a lighthouse.
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.
Photograph of the Port of Los Angeles viewed looking east from the Southern Pacific Railroad depot. The channel spans the width of the foreground and narrows as it extends into the distance. Barrier walls line the channel along the left and curve towards the center in the distance. A train depot(?) stands in the distance on the right side of the channel.
Photograph of the Port of Los Angeles breakwater under construction as viewed from the shore. The breakwater extends from the lower left corner, towards the center of the image and out into the ocean in the distance. In the ocean, the breakwater curves sharply to the right. A rocky shore spans across the foreground and small ocean waves approach the shoreline.
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
Photograph of passengers standing aboard the S. S. Catalina as the ferry sails through a channel in San Pedro Harbor. The S. S. Catalina enters frame from the right half of the bottom edge and stretches back to the right. Passengers stand and occupy all available space on the top deck. Funnels, a mast and rigging line the center of the ship along the right edge. To the left of the ship, a channel stretches wide to the left and back into the distance behind the ferry. Large petroleum drums stand along the left shore of the channel. Signs on the walls in front of the drums reads, "GARGOYLE," and "GENERAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION." Farther along the peninsula, cranes and docks stand as it stretches into the distance.
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.