Subject: Tankers--American--California--Los Angeles - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Markay oil tanker explosion in L.A. Harbor. The Markay, an oil tanker owned by the Keystone Tankship Corp., burst into the flames in the wee hours of the morning. The fire was fed by leaking gasoline and threatened at least five terminals in the harbor. At least 22 were injured and 9, possibly 12, people were killed. Damage was estimated at $10,000,000.
Date:: June 22, 1947
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Fire fighters hose down one of the many fires that raged after the Markay, an oil tanker owned by the Keystone Tankship Corp., exploded in L.A. Harbor. The sinking oil tanker can be seen in the background of this photo. The fire was fed by leaking gasoline and threatened at least five terminals in the harbor. At least 22 were injured and 9, possibly 12, people were killed. Damage was estimated at $10,000,000.
Date:: June 22, 1947
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: The oil tanker Montebello sails through a harbor (presumably, Los Angeles Harbor). It sits in the near distance, off-center to the left and is viewed from its starboard side. At right, a rope extends from the nose of the ship and out of frame. Three masts and a funnel rise from the ship's deck. Between the rightmost masts, the ship's bridge sits atop the deck. The harbor stretches across the background.
Date:: [circa 1921-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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