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Title
Sulphur being unloaded from the Panama Kobenhaun in Los Angeles Harbor, March 16, 1931
Date Created and/or Issued
1931-03-16
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of sulphur being unloaded from the Panama Kobenhaun in Los Angeles Harbor, March 16, 1931. The deck of a large ship can be seen at center, and a cargo hatch in the middle is open. A large crane with a shovel attached is pulling light-colored sulphur out of the cargo hold as a worker looks on at left. The superstructure of the ship, including smokestacks and more cranes, can be seen in the background.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : negative, b&w
18 x 13 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m11875 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-35848
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m11875
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-35848.jpg
Subject
Panama Kobenhaun (Ship)
Sulphur industry
Cargo ships
Docks
Mobile cranes
Wagons
Harbors
Time Period
1931-03-16
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
35848 [Accession number]
CHS-35848 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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