Conrad Limbaugh, shown here on a job assignment in the Bahamas, is filming some underwater shots for Walt Disney studios. In this photo he is wearing a special Desco mask and his air supply is coming from a compressor on a small boat at the surface. Limbaugh was the chief diving officer at Scripps Institution of Oceanography during this time. 1956.

• 1956

• Blackledge, Nan Limbaugh

This digital image is a surrogate of an item from the Conrad Limbaugh Papers, 1924-2003

Title supplied by Nan Limbaugh Blackledge. Verso marked Desco mask. Air supply from compressor in small boat at surface.

• Limbaugh, Conrad, 1924-1960

• Divers
• Underwater cinematography
• Underwater photography

• image

• UC Regents

Under copyright

Use: This work is available from the UC San Diego Library. This digital copy of the work is intended to support research, teaching, and private study.

Constraint(s) on Use: This work is protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Use of this work beyond that allowed by "fair use" requires written permission of the UC Regents. Permission may be obtained from the UC San Diego Library program having custody of the work. Responsibility for obtaining permissions and any use and distribution of this work rests exclusively with the user and not the UC San Diego Library.

Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca)

2020-10-26