Handwriting on negative states "L to R Earl & Mrs Cooper Mr. & Mrs Barney Oldfield" This is Oldfield's second wife, Hulda Rae Braden. The name of Cooper's wife is unknown.
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.
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 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 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.
Photograph of Mertie West wearing a life preserver during a ship safety drill. Mertie West stands at center, wearing a life jacket, and faces left. The covered deck she stands upon stretches behind her on an upward angle from left to right. A guardrail lines the far side of the walkway. Two other passengers stand along the rail at far right, behind Mertie. Behind the 2 other passengers, a jet of water streams from the ship and arcs out to the ocean. The ocean stretches into distance.
Photograph of a fishing boat sailing through a channel near Juneau. The photograph tilts downward to the right. The scene is viewed from an elevated perspective. A wide waterway extends from the foreground and into the distance. It meets a shoreline that bisects the image on an upward angle from right to left. In the near distance, a fishing boat sails through the channel, left-of-center. It is viewed at an angle from the side as it travels towards the right. Seagulls flock around the boat. The boat's wake ripples behind it at left. Beyond the boat, a couple of small islands stand in the distance. Mountains rise across the shoreline in the background. Clouds obscure the distant mountains at left and center.
Photograph of a buoy floating in a channel near Juneau, Alaska. The waterway spans the width of the image and stretches back from the bottom edge. In the near distance, at center, a buoy floats in the water. Tree covered hills line the far shoreline and silhouetted mountains rise in the far distance.
Photograph of the Standard Oil Company tanker, J. H. McEachern, sailing through Port Valdez. The waterway occupies the majority of the image. It spans the foreground and extends back into the distance. The tanker sails just below the top edge, left-of-center. It is viewed at a slight distance from the side as it sails towards the right. Birds are visible flocking around the tanker. Hills rise across the opposite shoreline in the far distance.
Photograph of passengers donning life jackets while participating in a fire safety drill aboard their ship. The camera looks down an exterior corridor of the ship. The corridor's walkway stretches from the bottom edge and directly back at a slight angle to the left. A guardrail lines the left side of the walkway. On the right side, passengers wear life preservers and stand in a row that recedes back along the corridor. They lean against the exterior of a cabin that runs the length of the walkway. The nearest passenger stands along the right edge with his back to camera and faces left. He takes a photograph. On his life jacket, it reads, "59." The ocean is visible just beyond the guardrails at far left.