High tide preparation in Long Beach, 1952

4 images. High tide preparation in Long Beach, 8 July 1952. Glenn Page (Long Beach Harbor Department Employee); Joe Rayfield; using sand bags to keep tide from flooding docks.; Supplementary material reads: "Chernus -- harbor. Captions. Five negs. unnumbered show for Daily. One neg. shows Glenn Page, Long Beach Harbor Department employee, piling sand bag onto dike at Berth 19 in preparation of 7.1 foot tide onslaught against wharves. One neg. shows Glenn Page, on left with shovel and Joe Rayfield, with sand bag, on dike. One neg shows Joe Rayfield and Glenn Page piling sand bags on dike as water laps against barrier. One neg. shows how high water reached. Freighter is shown riding almost on top of dock, as water line shows eight feet on freighter. Two dock workers watch water. One neg. shows black cat, a month old, which someone placed in box and then under hood of truck. When motor overheated, truck driver opened hood, discovered cat, hot but all of its nine lives intact".

本数据集包含4张纪实照片，记录1952年7月8日美国长滩市的涨潮防护筹备工作。参与作业的人员为格伦·佩奇（Glenn Page，长滩港务局雇员）与乔·雷菲尔德（Joe Rayfield），二人正通过堆砌沙袋以抵御潮水，避免码头被漫溢的海水淹没。
补充说明中提及：「切尔努斯——港务事项，附说明」。本次素材包含5卷未编号底片，专供日报刊发使用，各底片具体内容分别为：
1. 记录格伦·佩奇（长滩港务局雇员）在19号泊位（Berth 19）的防汛堤岸上堆砌沙袋，以应对7.1英尺高的潮水对码头栈桥的冲击；
2. 记录作业场景：格伦·佩奇位于画面左侧，手持铁锹；乔·雷菲尔德则搬运沙袋，二人同处防汛堤岸之上；
3. 记录乔·雷菲尔德与格伦·佩奇正在堤岸上堆砌沙袋，此时潮水已轻拍防护屏障；
4. 记录潮水水位高度：一艘货轮几乎紧贴码头停泊，船身水位标记显示水位已达8英尺，两名码头工人正驻足观察水位情况；
5. 记录一只月龄约一个月的黑猫：有人将其置于箱中后放置在卡车引擎盖下，因引擎过热，卡车驾驶员打开引擎盖后发现了这只猫，其虽体感灼热但安然无恙，九条性命均得以保全。