Foot-warmer for pelicans on pontoon bridge at Long Beach -- navigation light, 1954

Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Emery. Date: 1954-12-22. Reporter: Emery to Fiske. Assignment: Foot-warmer for feathered folk. 16: This is luxury. Pa Pelican wraps his big flat webbed feet over electric foot-warmer known to seafarers as a navigation light, marking west side of pontoon bridge at Long Beach. 17: Seagull grabs a chance to warm his feet. First pelican with chilblains will shoo him off. 40: Pontoon bridge has four such foot-warmers. They top dolphins like this."

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