S-510 Carter Rila Collection
![Carter Rila Collection. Collection of two photo albums containing 215 photographs related to the Cuban Coastal Survey by USS Nokomis (PY-6) from 1925-1926, plus some personal views of the unidentified sailor who made the albums. Below is a description of the images found in each album. Album labeled as S-510 includes the following topics: general view of USS Nokomis; crewmembers onboard ship; members of the choir; playing dominos; a liberty party; and mascot dogs. Also included are images related to building survey towers and associated work (including a Loening OL-2 amphibian plane, which was used for survey work). Various locations in Cuba are identified. The second album, labeled as S-510-A, includes the following topics: various views of USS Nokomis; crewmembers performing various tasks (cleaning, scrubbing clothing, coaling ship, barber shaving heads, a jazz band, preparation of Christmas turkey; groups of crew, including officers; Philadelphia Navy Yard (with USS Arkansas (BB-33) in drydock); PN-10 patrol planes (probably NAF Philadelphia) the US sesquicentennial exposition in Philadelphia; University of Pennsylvania football games; Naval Station Key West (various views of the city involving sailors); multiple locations in Cuba; Loening OL-2 planes used by the Cuban Survey; sailors playing baseball in Cuba and Key West; sailors from USS Nokomis performing survey tasks such as erecting a tower and placing survey markers; and miscellaneous unknown people (likely to be family and friends of the unidentified sailor to made the album). Carter Rila Collection. Collection of two photo albums containing 215 photographs related to the Cuban Coastal Survey by USS Nokomis (PY-6) from 1925-1926, plus some personal views of the unidentified sailor who made the albums. Below is a description of the images found in each album. Album labeled as S-510 includes the following topics: general view of USS Nokomis; crewmembers onboard ship; members of the choir; playing dominos; a liberty party; and mascot dogs. Also included are images related to building survey towers and associated work (including a Loening OL-2 amphibian plane, which was used for survey work). Various locations in Cuba are identified. The second album, labeled as S-510-A, includes the following topics: various views of USS Nokomis; crewmembers performing various tasks (cleaning, scrubbing clothing, coaling ship, barber shaving heads, a jazz band, preparation of Christmas turkey; groups of crew, including officers; Philadelphia Navy Yard (with USS Arkansas (BB-33) in drydock); PN-10 patrol planes (probably NAF Philadelphia) the US sesquicentennial exposition in Philadelphia; University of Pennsylvania football games; Naval Station Key West (various views of the city involving sailors); multiple locations in Cuba; Loening OL-2 planes used by the Cuban Survey; sailors playing baseball in Cuba and Key West; sailors from USS Nokomis performing survey tasks such as erecting a tower and placing survey markers; and miscellaneous unknown people (likely to be family and friends of the unidentified sailor to made the album).](/content/history/nhhc/our-collections/photography/alphabetical---donations0/r/s-510-carter-rila-collection/_jcr_content/mediaitem/image.img.jpg/1531760401648.jpg)
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Album labeled as S-510 includes the following topics: general view of USS Nokomis; crewmembers onboard ship; members of the choir; playing dominos; a liberty party; and mascot dogs. Also included are images related to building survey towers and associated work (including a Loening OL-2 amphibian plane, which was used for survey work). Various locations in Cuba are identified.
The second album, labeled as S-510-A, includes the following topics: various views of USS Nokomis; crewmembers performing various tasks (cleaning, scrubbing clothing, coaling ship, barber shaving heads, a jazz band, preparation of Christmas turkey; groups of crew, including officers; Philadelphia Navy Yard (with USS Arkansas (BB-33) in drydock); PN-10 patrol planes (probably NAF Philadelphia) the US sesquicentennial exposition in Philadelphia; University of Pennsylvania football games; Naval Station Key West (various views of the city involving sailors); multiple locations in Cuba; Loening OL-2 planes used by the Cuban Survey; sailors playing baseball in Cuba and Key West; sailors from USS Nokomis performing survey tasks such as erecting a tower and placing survey markers; and miscellaneous unknown people (likely to be family and friends of the unidentified sailor to made the album).
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