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Title: Commander Richard E. Byrd arrives in Los Angeles
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
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Description: Commander Richard E. Byrd arrives at Central Station on the Gold Coast Limited on October 5, 1928. He was set to depart from Los Angeles Harbor aboard the C.E. Larsen whaling ship for his first exploration of Antarctica and the South Pole, via New Zealand. Pictured from L-R on the back of the train are: Charles Lofgren, Richard Brophy (business manager), Commander Byrd, and George O. Noville.
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00075415
Eyre Powell Chamber of Commerce Collection;
N-001-298.1 4x5
http://cdm16703.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/136988
Subject: Byrd, Richard Evelyn,--1888-1957
Explorers
Expeditions & surveys--Antarctica--1920-1930
Men
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Central Station (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Railroad stations
Railroad tracks
Railroad travel
Railroad terminals
Locomotives
Passenger trains
Passengers
Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Time Period: 1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930

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