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Captain William Verleger on board the Matson liner Lurline, arriving from an expedition to Antarctica, Los Angeles, 1934

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Title: Captain William Verleger on board the Matson liner Lurline, arriving from an expedition to Antarctica, Los Angeles, 1934
Date Created and/or Issued: July 12, 1934
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.
Photograph of Capt. William F. Verleger, master of Admiral Byrd's supply ship, on the Matson liner Lurline upon his arrival in Los Angeles. He was on his way home to Connecticut to recover from pneumonia that he contracted while in Antarctica as part of Rear Admiral Richard Byrd's second expedition to the continent.
This photograph (cropped) appears with the article, "Byrd Aide Here Tells Of Camp's Food Peril; Polar Ship Captain Fears Little America's Supplies May Run Short Before Receiving More," Los Angeles Times, 13 Jul. 1934: A1.
Handwritten on negative: Wm Verleger
Text from negative sleeve: Verleger, William F. Capt. Explorer, 1934
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_4353
ark:/21198/zz002cq4g7
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Arrivals & departures--Italian--California--Los Angeles
Ship captains--American--California--Los Angeles
Verleger, William F., 1879-1955
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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