Tanker entering Houston Ship Chanel

Photograph

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Battleship Texas Foundation

front of 2025.1001.106

front of 2025.1001.106

Name/Title

Tanker entering Houston Ship Chanel

Entry/Object ID

2025.1001.106

Description

A tanker being pulled by a tugboat through into Port Aransas between two wooden lighthouse towers. The backside dates the photo to September 1946. Photo printed by the Fox Company in San Antonio, Texas.

Context

Battleship Texas steamed, berthed, and operated with hundreds of ships from the U.S. Navy, Coast Guard, and other fleets across the globe throughout her time in commission from 1914 to 1948.

Collection

eBay Purchase, Historical Collections

Made/Created

Date made

circa Sep 1946

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects