Bronze Age Gold from Wales

M.V. EASTERN CITY, glass negative

Hansen, Leslie W. (Photographer)

Three quarter Starboard Bow view of M.V EASTERN CITY, at Cardiff Docks, c.1948.

(7612gt) : Built 1945 by California Shipbuilding Corp., Los Angeles, engine by Joshua Hendy Iron Works, for the US War Shipping Administration, Portland, Oregon (managed by McCormick Steamship Co.). Laid up at Beaumont from 1949 and later transferred to James River,Virginia. She was broken up at Recife, Brazil in 1986.

Collection Area

Industry

Item Number

79.76I/2032

Historical Associations

Association Type: Place name
Place: Cardiff Docks

Creation/Production

Role: Photographer
Period: 1948 (circa)

Acquisition

purchase, 20/9/1979

Measurements

Length (mm): 82
Width (mm): 106

Techniques

Gelatin dry plate glass negative
Glass negative
Negative

Material

Glass
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