California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Union tankers at Bethlehem, September 19, 1936

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Union tankers at Bethlehem, September 19, 1936

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Photograph of Union tankers at Bethlehem, September 19, 1936. The large tanker Montebello, out of Los Angeles, can be seen docked at center, and several large cranes hover over the deck of the ship. Cranes and smokestacks can be seen rising over the ship. The hull is painted a dark color and water can be seen pouring out. Another large tanker is visible in a dry dock in the background at center. A warehouse is visible on the wharf in the distance at left.

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Title Union tankers at Bethlehem, September 19, 1936

Creator Coldwell, James (photographer)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1936-09-19

Subject Bethlehem Steel Company (subject), Freight and freightage (lcsh), Harbors (lcsh), Harbors (adlf), Shipping (lcsh), ships (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1936-09-19

Type images

Format 1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 13 x 18 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection)

Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189

Rights Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Copyright Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m991

Identifier 36788 (accession number), CHS-36788 (call number), CHS-36788 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-8899 (legacy record id), chs-m991 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 8899

Unique identifier UC139041

Legacy Identifier CHS-36788.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.9 in × 13.7 in at 300dpi
48.0 cm × 34.8 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Description The California Historical Society Collection is incomparable for the documentary picture it provides of the growth of Southern California, particularly the development of the Los Angeles region, between 1860 and 1960. The collection contains more than 25,000 photographs. The full archive was placed on long-term deposit at USC in 1990 and includes the Title Insurance and Trust Company Collection, also known as TICOR, and the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection.

We are grateful to the following individuals who have improved the information in the Digital Library by bringing inaccuracies to our attention as well as adding information. C.J. Bell, Paul Boyle, James Cartwright, Phil Coscia, Bill Counter, Richard Davis, Ray DeLea, Mark French, Amanda Frye, Eric Gustafson, James King, Bill Morgan, Heather Pitts, Tim Poyorena-Miguel, Jo Anne Sadler, Ellen Lloyd Trover, Ruth Wallach, Kim Walters, Cynthia Wilson, Betsy Woodford, Chancy Woolridge, and many others.

Date Created 1860/1960

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