Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. This photograph is related to the article, “VIKINGS TRIM ANTARCTIC SAIL: Explorer Byrd's Party Will Begin Voyage Today Intrepid Group Starting for Uncharted Perils Expedition Thrusts at Last Outpost of Globe,” Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 1928: A1 The camera looks downward towards the midships deck of the C. A. Larsen at center. A large swath of canvas covers Commander Richard E. Byrd's aircraft. The deck continues into the distance, off-center to the left. Behind the canvas, 3 smoke stacks stand in a row. Cabins sit atop the deck beyond the smoke stacks. To the right of the covered airplanes, the ship's crew lines the deck rails and faces towards the dock at right. Beyond the ship and the near dock, the Port of Los Angeles stretches into the distance. For additional photographs related to the embarkation of Commander Richard Byrd's Antarctic Expedition from Los Angeles, see items with Old Div IDs: uclamss_1429_1305 through uclamss_1429_1337 This photograph appears in the photo spread titled, "Whaler C. A. Larsen in Port Taking On Supplies for Byrd Expedition," Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 1928: A8 Text from newspaper caption: The Norwegian Whaler C. A. Larsen Arrived in Los Angeles Harbor Yesterday and immediately began loading the 10,000 tons of whalers' and explorers' supplies destined for Commander Byrd's South Pole thrust and for use by the Ross Sea Whaling Company operating in the most southern of all waters. Commander Byrd and fourteen other members of his party will go aboard today and the sturdy craft will set sail with the flood tide at 5 p.m. today. The Byrd planes, loaded at Norfolk, Va., were aboard and in perfect condition. In the photos above the whaler is shown entering West Basin through drawbridge (left); Byrd's planes amidships (middle,) and on the right, left to right, Capt. Fred Warner, port pilot; Richard J. Brophy, business manager of Byrd expedition and Capt. Oscar Nilsen, commanding whaler Larsen. (Times photo.) [Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 1928: A8] Handwritten text from negative sleeve: Byrd, Richard E. arrival + departure
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image
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b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_1332 ark:/21198/zz002dbs2p
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Shipping--California--Los Angeles Ships--Norwegian--California--Los Angeles Discovery & exploration--American--California--Los Angeles Arrivals & departures--American--California--Los Angeles Marines (Visual works) Piers & wharves--California--Los Angeles Los Angeles Harbor (Calif.) Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957 C. A. Larsen (Whaling ship) Port of Los Angeles
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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