Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@usc.edu Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 USC Libraries Special Collections University of Southern California specol@usc.edu
Description
12 images. Arrival of S.S. "Caronia", 25 April 1955. Mr. and Mrs. R.W. Caspers (Chairman, Mutual Savings and Loan of Pasadena) Hayne Ellis (Rear Admiral, Retired) S.S. "Caronia". Supplementary material reads: "Gershon, City desk Illus Caronia arrival. 2 shots of couple are Mr. and Mrs. R.W. Caspers, he is chairman of the Mutual Savings and Loan, Pasadena, and socially prominent here. They are shown on board Cunard Liner around the world cruise ship Caronia which docked in Long Beach yesterday for overnight stay. Ship leaves for Acapulco and New York at 7 a.m. today (Tuesday). One shot of Rear Admiral Hayne Ellis, U.S.N.(ret) 45 year vet of U.S. Navy, onetime Commander in Chief, Atlantic Fleet. He took cruise to revisit ports he knew in naval cruises..." Supplementary material continues: "He lives in San Marino, but continues with the Caronia to New York because he 'wants to see the Panama Canal once more'".
Type
image
Format
12 photographs : negatives, b&w 10 x 13 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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