Lone voyager returns, 1955

10 images. Lone voyager returns, 23 July 1955. Rolf Thorvaldson -- 31 years (returns on his boat "Tahia"); Mr. and Mrs. Torger Thorvaldson; Frank Donahue; fishing boat "Bluefin."; yCaption slip reads: "Photographer: Mack. Date: 1954-07-23. Reporter: Brown. Assignment: Sailor returns from Tahiti. Rolph Per Thorvaldson, 31, wolfs corn flakes as mother, Mrs. Toger Thorvaldson, pours milk. Rolph Per Thorvaldson gobbles candy bars. r/1: Rolph Per Thorvaldson and father Toger Thorvaldson, look over charts and plot son's voyage. Rolph Per Thorvaldson demonstrates Tahitian grass dancing costume for his mother, Mrs. Toger Thorvaldson.; Supplementary material reads: Chernus -- harbor. Daily. Lone voyager returns. Given up for dead three months ago, Rolf Thorvaldson, 31, is greeted by parents Mr. and Mrs. Torger Thorvaldson of West Covina, as he arrived at Los Angeles Harbor (today) Saturday following four months of privation and starvation while sailing his 28-foot boat alone from Tahiti, 6000 miles away. One neg. shows Thorvaldson and his family on the deck of his boat, the Tahia. Beside his craft is the fishing boat Bluefin which towed the Tahea [sic] into harbor when it was becalmed off Palos Verdes. On bridge of fishing boat Bluefin is Frank Donahue, skipper of the fishing boat who sighted the Tahea [sic]".本数据集包含10张影像。1955年7月23日，独行远航者归航。涉及的人物与载体包括：31岁的罗尔夫·托尔瓦尔德森（Rolf Thorvaldson）乘其游艇"Tahia（塔希亚号）"返航；托尔格·托尔瓦尔德森夫妇；弗兰克·多纳休（Frank Donahue）；以及渔船"Bluefin（蓝鳍号）"。 文字说明卡内容如下： 摄影师：麦克（Mack），拍摄日期：1954年7月23日，记者：布朗（Brown），报道主题：水手从塔希提岛（Tahiti）归航。31岁的罗尔夫·佩尔·托尔瓦尔德森（Rolph Per Thorvaldson）正狼吞虎咽地食用玉米片，一旁其母亲托尔格·托尔瓦尔德森夫人正为他倒牛奶。罗尔夫·佩尔·托尔瓦尔德森大口吞食糖果棒。 序号1：罗尔夫·佩尔·托尔瓦尔德森与父亲托尔格·托尔瓦尔德森一同查看海图，规划其子的远航航程。罗尔夫·佩尔·托尔瓦尔德森向母亲托尔格·托尔瓦尔德森夫人展示塔希提岛的草裙舞服饰。 补充材料内容如下： 切尔努斯港（Chernus Harbor），《每日日报》报道：独行远航者归航。此前三个月已被推定遇难的31岁男子罗尔夫·托尔瓦尔德森，于本周六抵达洛杉矶港（Los Angeles Harbor），受到来自西科维纳（West Covina）的托尔格·托尔瓦尔德森夫妇的迎接。此前他独自驾驶28英尺长的游艇，从6000英里外的塔希提岛出发，历经四个月的匮乏与饥饿后返航。其中一张底片显示托尔瓦尔德森与家人在其游艇"Tahia（塔希亚号）"的甲板上。在其游艇旁的是渔船"Bluefin（蓝鳍号）"，当"Tahia（塔希亚号，原文标注笔误为Tahea [sic]）"在帕洛斯韦尔德斯（Palos Verdes）海域无风停航时，正是该船将其拖入港口。站在"Bluefin（蓝鳍号）"渔船驾驶台的正是弗兰克·多纳休——该船船长，也是发现"Tahia（塔希亚号，原文标注笔误为Tahea [sic]）"的目击者。