Ocean liner Virginia probably in Los Angeles Harbor, San Pedro, 1928-1938

Title: Ocean liner Virginia probably in Los Angeles Harbor, San Pedro, 1928-1938
Date Created: [between 1928-1938]
Date: 1928/1938
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description: In 1928 the SS Virginia was the largest merchant ship ever built in America at 613 feet long with a beam of 80 feet, and was powered with a turbo-electric installation. She was refitted and renamed as SS Brazil in 1938.
View of the Panama-Pacific luxury electric liner Virginia in Los Angeles Harbor
Possibly related to the article, “Latest Word in Ocean Travel Docks With Notables: Electric Liner Arrives: Maiden Voyage of Virginia Opens New Chapter in America’s Merchant Marine,” Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 1928: B2.
Caption: "United States Navy, Ships, Virginia" [ship is not Navy, it is a merchant ocean liner]
Handwritten on negative: SS Virginia

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_4054
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002cps59
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