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Title
Captain J. H. Task onboard the superliner Mariposa, Los Angeles, 1932
Date Created and/or Issued
January 30, 1932
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
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Captain J. H. Trask looks off to the distance, with his hands in his pockets. He is onboard the ship and in uniform.
This photograph appears with the article, “New Era in Pacific Travel Hailed as Huge Ship Arrives,” Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 1932: A1.
Handwritten on negative: Capt. J. H. Trask.
Text on negative sleeve: Trask, J. H. Capt. 1932
Text from newspaper caption: Last Word in Sea Luxury Saluted at Los Angeles Harbor: Above, the Matson liner Mariposa; below, Capt. J. H. Trask of the Mariposa; W. P. Roth, president of Matson Navigation Company, and Burt Edwards, general manager of Los Angeels [sic] Harbor Department who welcomed the superliner on her arrival at her home port.
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_3960
ark:/21198/zz002cpnxr
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Ship captains--American--California--Los Angeles
Ships--American--California--Los Angeles
Ocean liners--American--California--Los Angeles
Uniforms
Trask, J. H
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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