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Los Angeles millionaire Capt. G. Allan Hancock with his daughter and granddaughter at their yacht launching, Los Angeles, 1931

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Title: Los Angeles millionaire Capt. G. Allan Hancock with his daughter and granddaughter at their yacht launching, Los Angeles, 1931
Date Created and/or Issued: April 2, 1931
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.
This photograph was published with article, "Coast's Largest Cruiser Leaves Builder's Hands," Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 1931: A1.
Next to George Allan Hancock, his daughter Rosemary Genevieve Hancock Zeiser and granddaughter Patricia Anne Zeiser at the launch of his yacht, Velero III.
George Allan Hancock was a Los Angeles oil man and millionaire. He commissioned several large yachts to be built for various scientific expeditions along the west coast. He captained these expeditions as well. Several institutions and parks are named after Hancock including, Hancock Park in Los Angeles, Hancock Institute for Marine Studies at USC, and the Allan Hancock College in Santa Maria.
Text from negative sleeve: Hancock, G. Allen[sic]
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_5116
ark:/21198/zz002cv31t
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Yachts--American
Millionaires--California--Los Angeles
Ship captains--American--California--Los Angeles
Business people--American--California--Los Angeles
Hancock, Allan, 1875-
Zeiser, Patricia Anne, 1928-2011
Zeiser, Rosemary Genevieve Hancock, 1904-1977
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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