Velero III personnel, 7th expedition, 1938

Ship's personnel on the flying bridge of Velero III ready for departure on its seventh expedition, Los Angeles Harbor, California, USA, 1938 January 3. Pictured on the flying bridge around the binnacle are (left to right): Hall B. Funke (photographer and collector, North Hollywood), Anker Petersen (scientific artist, Beverly Hills), Fred Ziesenhenne (zoologist, University of Southern California), Captain Allan Hancock (director of the expeditions and master of the ship), Hugh Merrick, Dr. Edwin O. Palmer (ship's medical doctor and anthropologist), Cyrus Perkins Jr. (San Diego Zoological Gardens), Granville Ashcraft (ornithologist and collector), W. Charles Swett (first officer and chief photographer), Dr. George S. Myers (ichthyologist, Stanford University), John S. Garth (zoologist, University of Southern California), Dr. Hubert Lyman Clark (professor of zoology, Harvard University).