Point Vicente Lighthouse and keeper's children, Rancho Palos Verdes, 1935

Description

Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds., Text from newspaper caption: Most Efficient Lighthouse on California Coast Prevents Wrecks on Reefs. The San Vicente lighthouse, which has been adjudged the most efficient in California for three straight years. The youngsters in the foreground are Mildred and Clarence Atkinson., Handwritten at edge of negative: San Vicente Light House, Text from nitrate negative sleeve: California, San Vicente Lighthouse, 33.74189, -118.409926, Point Vicente Lighthouse, with Clarence and Mildred Atkinson, about age 5 and 3, standing behind shrubs on grassy in foreground, with buildings and flagpole at left, This photograph appears with the article “San Vicente Lighthouse Again Awarded Honors,” Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 1935