The Journal of San Diego History
SAN DIEGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY QUARTERLY
Fall 1983, Volume 29, Number 4
Thomas L. Scharf, Managing Editor

by Elizabeth N. Shor

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Scripps Institution of Oceanography in 1949

The campus of Scripps Institution of Oceanography in 1949. The decade of the 1950s marked the real beginning of the Institution’s study of the world’s oceans.

new ships Horizon and Crest

One-half of the fleet in 1948: the new ships Horizon and Crest.

Marine Life Research technicians

Marine Life Research technicians retrieving a plankton net on a 1948 cruise.

Roger Revelle and Robert F. Dill

Roger Revelle (foreground) and Robert F. Dill handling a piston corer on Midpac Expedition, 1950

Lewis W. Kidd

New equipment of the 1950s: Lewis W. Kidd balancing a depressor.

Harris B. Stewart

Harris B. Stewart (center) measuring the manganese nodule gathered in hydrogmphic wire on Northern Holiday Expedition.

myctophid fish.

A myctophid fish.

Carl L. Hubbs

The haul of a midwater trawl; Carl L. Hubbs handling a specimen.

snipe-eel

The weird creature is a snipe-eel, also from a midwater collection.

Conrad Limbaugh

Conrad Limbaugh, who taught the first scuba classes at Scripps.

Capricorn Expedition

Divers exploring off a tropical island during Capricorn Expedition, 1952-53.

Scripps Institution of Oceanography in 1959

The campus of Scripps Institution of Oceanography in 1959.

 

THE PHOTOGRAPHS are courtesy of Scripps Institution of Oceanography.