Print, Photographic

Southampton Bay ships

Southampton Bay ships

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

2001.009.0014

Description

B/W photograph with caption: "Thirty-six Class 'A' Steel Freighters of United States Shipping Board in a single line and resting in Lower Southampton Bay. America's Largest Single Fleet Unit in one of America's Greatest Protected Harbors. Photograph taken from Benicia shore near Benicia Ship Building Company's Yards and shows Ferry Slips of Southern Pacific Railway Company extending out into Bay at exreme left. $2,500,000 Suspension Bridge will cross Bay beyond point seen to right in picture."

Collection

Benicia Historical Museum Collection