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Fire damage in L.A. Harbor caused by the Markay oil tanker explosion, Los Angeles, 1947

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Title: Fire damage in L.A. Harbor caused by the Markay oil tanker explosion, Los Angeles, 1947
Date Created and/or Issued: June 22, 1947
1947-06-22
Publication Information: Los Angeles Daily News
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Fire damage in L.A. Harbor that happened when the Markay, an oil tanker owned by the Keystone Tankship Corp., exploded in the wee hours of the morning. The fire was fed by leaking gasoline and threatened at least five terminals in the harbor. At least 22 were injured and 9, possibly 12, people were killed. Damage was estimated at $10,000,000.
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: ark:/21198/zz00280sgr
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Harbors--California--Los Angeles
Explosions--California--Los Angeles
Disaster
Fires--California--Los Angeles
Los Angeles Harbor (Calif.)
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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