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| Title | Dock view of the "Saltilla" at the second opening of the Houston Ship Channel |
| Description | A large crowd gathers beside the "Saltilla" at the Houston Ship Channel. One unidentified man walks toward the camera. A crowd stands on railroad boxcars on the right of the photograph. The "Saltilla", of the Southern Steamship company, was celebrated as the first deepwater ship to visit the port of Houston following the dredging and reopening of the deepwater port. |
| Date | 1915 |
| Genre | black-and-white photographs
copy prints
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| Subject.Topical (AAT) | ports
openings
steamships
spectators
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| Subject (Geographic) | Houston, Texas
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| Original Collection | George Fuermann "Texas and Houston" Collection, 1836-2001 http://archon.lib.uh.edu/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=356 |
| Repository | Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries |
| Original Item Location | ID 1970-001, Box 14, Folder 396 |
| Use and Reproduction | This image is in the public domain and may be used freely. If publishing in print, electronically, or on a website, please use the citation provided by the citation button above. To order a higher resolution reproduction click Request High Res above. |
| File name | fur534-cc.tif
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| Digital Collection | reformatted digital |
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