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Launch of concrete ship CUYAMACA (San Diego) – Antique Wall Art

Launch of concrete ship CUYAMACA (San Diego), n/a — historic photograph
Launch of concrete ship CUYAMACA (San Diego), n/a. Historic photograph from the San Diego collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Launch of concrete ship CUYAMACA (San Diego). Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Launch of concrete ship CUYAMACA (San Diego)

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The ship CUYAMACA was a concrete steamer, and this glass negative records its launch at San Diego, one of the few concrete hulls of its kind to be built on the Pacific coast. During the First World War, when steel was scarce, the U.S. Shipping Board turned to reinforced concrete for cargo vessels, and San Diego's yards took part in that effort. The Bain News Service, a commercial photo agency in New York, produced negatives like this one for sale to newspapers and magazines. The record does not give a date, and the title comes from the agency's own notes, so the exact launch day is unconfirmed.

Created / publishedn/a
Medium1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesTitle from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Temp. note: Batch seven loaded.
SourceLibrary of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection
Original scan5,710 × 4,129 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-BNN-32048

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