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Commander Richard Byrd and his expedition members stand at the back of a train car, Los Angeles, 1928

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Title: Commander Richard Byrd and his expedition members stand at the back of a train car, Los Angeles, 1928
Date Created and/or Issued: 1928
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: Commander Richard Byrd and his fellow expedition members arrive in Los Angeles. Affixed to the front of the guardrail is a sign that reads, "GOLD COAST LIMITED." Behind the guardrail, the men stand in a row. Commander Byrd's dog Igloo is perched atop the front of the guardrail looking at the camera. Reported in “Byrd Arrives Ill From Cold: Commander and Wife Given Cordial Greetings Polar Hero Takes to Bed With High Fever Start for Antartic to be Early Next Week,” Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 1928: A1.
Text from negative sleeve: Byrd, Richard E. Artic explorer.
Handwritten on negative: Richard Byrd
Type: image
Format: b&w glass negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_b3695_G669
ark:/21198/z18h4chb
Language: English
Subject: Military air pilots--American
Discovery & exploration--American--California--Los Angeles
Military personnel--American--California--Los Angeles
Railroad travel--California--Los Angeles
Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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