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G. Allan Hancock's yacht, the Velero III, possibly just after it was launched, Long Beach, 1931-1939

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Title: G. Allan Hancock's yacht, the Velero III, possibly just after it was launched, Long Beach, 1931-1939
Date Created and/or Issued: [between 1931-1939]
1931/1939
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.
Refer to the article, " Coast's Largest Cruiser Leaves Builder's Hands: Hancock Yacht Launched," Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 1931: A1.
Photograph of Velero III, a yacht owned by G. Allan Hancock and used for scientific expeditions, with a tug boat beside it. The negative is stored with an image of the yacht just before it was launched in 1931.
The yacht's owner and captain, G. Allan Hancock, was a millionaire and prominent figure in Los Angeles oil industry. Hancock commissioned several large yachts for expeditions up and down the west coast.
Text on negative sleeve: Hancock, G. Allen[sic]
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_5117
ark:/21198/zz002cv32b
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Yachts--American--California--Los Angeles
Tugboats--California--Los Angeles
Hancock, Allan, 1875-
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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