Three rescued Valley anglers tell grim tale of shipwreck
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Valley Times Photo Collection;
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This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Photograph caption dated February 21, 1957 reads, "Family greets shipwrecked fisherman - Hugh A. Davis, 45, gives sigh of relief as he gets kissed on both cheeks by his wife and daughter Doreen, 8, as he arrived in Pacoima with two companions. Fishermen had spent three nights shipwrecked on lonely Santa Rosa Island after 21-foot cabin cruiser smashed on rocks. They were rescued by Coast Guard cutter after fishing vessel spotted them." See image 00153294 for additional photo in this series.
United States.--Coast Guard Auxiliary Collisions at sea--California, Southern Survival at sea--California, Southern Shipwreck survival--California--Los Angeles Shipwreck victims--California--Los Angeles Fishers--California--Los Angeles Families--California--Los Angeles Husband and wife--California--Los Angeles Daughters--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles Girls--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Pacoima (Los Angeles) Portrait photographs Group portraits
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