Crew members can be seen loading sheep onto the C.A. Larsen while docked in the Los Angeles Harbor, as a crowd of spectators look on, including newsreel photographers. Commander Richard E. Byrd was utilizing the whaling ship for his first exploration of Antarctica and the South Pole, via New Zealand. This image was taken the day of Byrd's departure on October 10, 1928.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
C. A. Larsen (Whaling ship) Explorers Expeditions & surveys--Antarctica--1920-1930 Ships Automobiles Trucks Flags Men Women Crowds Sheep Motion picture cameras Photojournalists Ramps (Walkways) Los Angeles Harbor (Calif.) San Pedro (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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