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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph, from left to right, of Dottie Siemsen and Richard Siemsen posing while riding the ferry across Newport Bay. Both kids sit on a bench that stretches along the interior perimeter of the ferry. They look to the camera and rest their hands to their laps. Beneath their seats are life preserver storage compartments. In the distance, boats can be seen on the bay at right and houses stand on the shore at left. Text from negative sleeve: 1220. Santa Ana-Balboa, Calif. January 19, 1941. Wayne West drove Al Siemsen, Dottie and Richard Siemsen and H.H.West down to Balboa, California, for a ride from his home 1022 S.Main St., Santa Ana, Calif. 1. On the Balboa ocean front: L to R: Richard Siemsen. Dottie Siemsen. Al Siemsen. Wayne West. 2. Overlooking Balboa Bay, with palms in rear. L to R: Richard Siemsen over under the palm; Dottie Siemsen, Al Siemsen and Wayne West. 3. Richard Siemsen on trestle. 4. I took Dottie and Richard Siemsen across the bay on the ferry boat. 4 films
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_1220_001 ark:/21198/zz002hsnbz
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Ferries--American--California--Newport Beach Newport Bay (Calif.) Burgess, Dorothea Mae Siemsen, 1926-2003 Siemsen, Richard Alfred, b. 1929
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