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October 2, 1960. Richmond, California. "Harbor Patrol." Rickey Stowell helming a Glasspar Seafair. 4x5 inch acetate negative from the Shorpy News Photo Archive. View full size.
These fine looking officers were wearing the standard issue brand belts for many years. I first bought and was later issued these Sam Brown duty belts with bullet dump boxes. My dump boxes held 6 bullets each which gave me a total of 18 rounds.
I just bet these officers were carrying Model 10 Smith and Wesson Revolvers. Possibly an earlier model, not sure.
Those were the days --
The officer on the left wears a shoulder patch that dates from the 1940s, although some versions had the letter P between the wings. The officer on the right is sporting a patch that features a view of Shimada, Japan, which became Richmond's sister city in October 1961.
This one reminds me of Harbor Command staring Wendell Corey on TV 1957-58. It was supposed to be the workings of the US Coast Guard but I don't remember Corey in uniform. It was a good show though. Yes, the man on the right does look like the Skipper (Alan Hale, Jr.) in the Gilligan TV show.
["Harbor Command" was a fictional organization created for the TV show of that name. It was basically "Highway Patrol" with boats, but full of location photography in the San Francisco of 1958. -tterrace]
Looks like part of the Richmond Yacht Club's fleet of El Toro dinghies in the background.
I remember this TV show. The only character missing in this photo is little Billy's dog Sparky, which was always coming to the rescue in the nick of time.
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