So much for the practice of typing out what's on the back of postcards. I'm just too lazy to transcribe all of this info. So, Oscar Griffith was born in 1895, arrived on Catalina, with his parents, at age 13 and became a coin diver. Tourists, coming to the island would throw coins from the boats, and local boys would dive for the pennys, nickels, and dimes. . The harbor waters were so clear that tourists could see the kids touch bottom. Griffith served in the army in World War 1 and was an attraction at the 1934 World's Fair. I'm sure he must have made the occasional trip to the mainland, but it seems that, other than the war and fair, he never really left the island.
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