Name/Title
Photo of converted house, and stack, of the 'SS President Buchanan', c. 1969Entry/Object ID
1996.343.6Description
ACC. NO. 96.343.6
SUBJECT CATEGORY: INDUSTRIES
DATE OR PERIOD: UNKNOWN
OBJECT: PHOTOGRAPH
DESCRIPTION:
BLACK-AND-WHITE GLOSSY PHOTOGRAPH, SIGNED ON REVERSE SIDE, "HENRI VAN WANDELEN"
SIZE: L 8" X W 10"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
PHOTOGRAPH OF CONVERTED HOUSE AND NEW STACK OF THE "SS PRESIDENT BUCHANAN," WHICH WAS CONVERTED BY EMPLOYEES OF THE TODD SHIPYARDS CORPORATION, ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA.
ACQUIRED FROM:
JERRY LEWTER
TECHNICAL SERVICE GROUP
DATE: SEPTEMBER 28, 1996Interpretative Labels
Label
‘View of the converted house and new stack of the SS PRESIDENT BUCHANAN, a 20-knot cargoliner of the Mariner class, as she steams out to sea to join the American President Lines' fleet and serve on the 'Round-the-World' trade route. The ship is the second of four converted by Todd Shipyards Corporation, San Francisco Division. Each of the four ships are undergoing improvements in cargo facilities and passenger accommodations at a cost in excess of $1,000,000.'
