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Title
Deck of the C.A. Larsen
Alternative Title
Eyre Powell Chamber of Commerce Photo Collection;
Date Created and/or Issued
1928
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
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Description
View of the deck of the C.A. Larsen while docked in the Los Angeles Harbor. Commander Richard E. Byrd was utilizing the whaling ship for his first exploration of Antarctica and the South Pole, via New Zealand. This image was taken the day of Byrd's departure on October 10, 1928.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00075402
Eyre Powell Chamber of Commerce Collection;
N-001-288 4x5
http://cdm16703.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/136919
Subject
C. A. Larsen (Whaling ship)
Expeditions & surveys--Antarctica--1920-1930
Ships
Decks (Naval architecture)
Los Angeles Harbor (Calif.)
San Pedro (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Time Period
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930

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