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Charles Swett, Dr. John Garth and G. Allan Hancock on a yacht upon their return from an expedition to the Galapagos Islands, Los Angeles, 1932

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Title: Charles Swett, Dr. John Garth and G. Allan Hancock on a yacht upon their return from an expedition to the Galapagos Islands, Los Angeles, 1932
Date Created and/or Issued: February 29, 1932
1932-02-29
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.
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 scientific expeditions up and down the west coast. John Garth joined a 1931 exposition as a ship musician playing cello; he was so take by his experience that he earned a Ph.D in zoology in 1941, participated in 10 major Hancock expeditions and was a professor of biological sciences at the University of Southern California for more than 30 years. W. Charles Swett was a contractor who participated in many or all of Hancock's expeditions in various capacities, including photographer.
Photograph was published with a photo feature: "Yachting Parties Home From Adventures," Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 1932: A1.
Handwritten on negative: Chas. Swett, Dr. John Garth, Capt. G. Allan Hancock
Text from newspaper caption: Yachting Parties Home From Adventures: "Tres Caballeros"...At the bottom are [L to R] [W.] Charles Swett, Dr. John Garth and Capt. Allen G. Hancock with Dr. Garth holding a bosun, member of the tern family, found on exploration cruise of the Hancock yacht Velero III to the Galapagos Islands.
Text on negative sleeve: Hancock, G. Allen[sic]
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_5119
ark:/21198/zz002cv34c
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Expeditions & surveys--Ecuador
Birds--California
Ship captains--American--California--Los Angeles
Yachts--American--California--Los Angeles
Swett, W. Charles (William Charles), 1882-1967
Garth, John S. (John Shrader), 1909-1993
Hancock, Allan, 1875-
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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