Beach Bums
Calin Coburn Collections ©2004
Clarence "Bob" Nolan, before the inception of the Sons of the Pioneers, was a self-professed beach bum. He loved the life but it did not put any bread on the table once the lifeguards were downsized. Chances are, if it hadn't been for the Depression, there would have been no Sons of the Pioneers as we know them.
Clarence (Bob) Nolan and Flash Whiting (Flash on top). Venice, California. Ocean Park in the distance.
1931
All American Boys: 1931
Left to right: Flash Whiting, unidentified, Bob Nolan
Left to right: Unidentified man and woman, Flash Whiting,
Bob Nolan reclining in front