Print, Photographic

Southampton Bay ships

Southampton Bay ships

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

2016.003.0081

Description

This looks like a cutout from a magazine. It shows a photograph of the ships stored at Southampton Bay and has a brief description below the photo. It says: "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 extreme left. $3,500,000 suspension bridge will cross bay beyond point seen to right in picture."

Collection

Benicia Historical Museum Collection