Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Each of them carrying a suitcase, Rawson and Murphy walk down the sidewalk. Photograph appears with the article, "Explorers of Antarctic Almost Freeze Here," Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar 1935: A8. Murphy and Rawson have returned to America for the first time in three years, and have found themselves adjusting to many different changes, such as social security pensions. Their expedition captain Admiral Byrd is resting before the men show the scientific data collected on their expedition. Text from negative sleeve: MURPHY, CHARLES J.V. WRITER, 1928 Handwritten on negative: Kennett Rawson Charles J.V. Murphy Text from newspaper caption: Charles J. V. Murphy, left, radio announcer on the Byrd expedition to the Antarctic, and Kennett Rawson, aerial navigator on the explorations, were ready to return to polar regions yesterday after enduring the rigors of civilization for two days.
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b&w nitrate negative
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uclamss_1429_6458 ark:/21198/zz002cwp9m
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Explorers--American--California--Los Angeles Luggage Rawson, Kennett Longley Murphy, Charles John Vincent, 1904-
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