It was one whale of a wedding! And the bridesmaids? (Source suggests probably somewhere in Long Beach)
http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics49/00044391.jpg
Save the Whales was clearly not always popular.
January 1930
http://portlaarchives.files.wordpres...3/11/913-a.jpg
January 1930. 50-tons at LA Shipbuilding Co.
http://portlaarchives.files.wordpres.../11/931-a1.jpg
Deadman's Island (discussed elsewhere on NLA) was evidently used for whale processing in the mid-late 1800's. (Looks like the the USN is keeping a watchful eye in background)
http://portlaarchives.files.wordpres...2013/11/88.jpg