Velero III personnel, 6th expedition, 1937

Ship's personnel on the Velero III ready for departure on its sixth expedition (Gulf of California, Mexico), Los Angeles Harbor, California, USA, 1937 February 26. Pictured on the bridge around the binnacle are (left to right): unidentified, Herman Marsh? (assistant photographer, field collector and violinist), unidentified, Dr. Edward Pallette (ship's doctor), John S. Garth (zoologist, University of Southern California, Captain Allan Hancock (master and owner), W. Charles Swett (first officer and photographer), unidentified, J. Alex Hill (University of Southern California field collector: echinoderms), unidentified, and unidentified. The unidentified men may include (in no particular order): Bruce Crawford (University of Southern California: cestodes), P.J. Rempel (University of Southern California botanist: land plants), Charles B. Wade (University of Southern California icthyologist).