Name/Title
Photo of canned foods at Encinal Terminals to be shipped to Chile, 1960Entry/Object ID
2014.76.1Description
Acc. No. 14.76.1
Subject Category - Industries of Alameda - Encinal Terminals
Date or Period: July, 1960
Object: Photograph
Description: Glossy black/white photograph, unmounted. Photographer unknown. The image has a full-length vertical crease on its right side and minor emulsion damage at the upper left and right corners.
Size: L-8 x W-10 inches.
History of Object: Cases of canned foods stacked on the docks of the Encinal Terminals to be shipped to Chile to aid earthquake victims. These canned foods are part of an 18,000 case donation made by the H.J Heinz Co through the aegis of the American Red Cross. (Further details are found in a copy of the press release affixed to the verso of the photograph.)
Acquired from: Alameda Chapter, American Red Cross
Date: 09/20/14
