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Title
Freighter Tai Yin entering 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 the freighter Tai Yin entering Los Angeles Harbor, March 16, 1931. The large ship is headed towards the foreground at left. It has a dark-colored hull and a light-colored superstructure. The bridge can be seen at the center of the vessel, with cranes visible at both the bow and stern. A large smokestack can be seen behind the bridge. The name Tai Yin appears on the bow, just aft of an anchor. Another large ship can be seen in the background at left.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
art
Identifier
chs-m17937 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-35857
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m17937
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-35857.jpg
Subject
Cargo ships
Pacific Ocean
Harbors
Time Period
1931-03-16
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
35857 [Accession number]
CHS-35857 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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