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SS Pioneer Reef
SS Pioneer Reef
TitleSS Pioneer Reef
DonorThese photographs and documents were generously donated by Mimi Branard King from the Estate of James H. Branard, Jr., Vice-President, Gulf Atlantic Warehouse, Co., in charge of operation of Long Beach division warehouse and docks on the Houston Ship Channel. Gulf Atlantic Warehouse Co. is a subsidiary of Anderson, Clayton & Co.
Description996 Lead Buttons; 1, 999, 761 lbs.; Origin - Port Pirie, Australia; Shipper - The Broken Hill Associated Smelters Pty., Ltd.; Destination - Ethyl Corporation, Pasadena, Texas; Freight Forwarder - F.J. Herbelin; Steamship Agent - Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc.; Handled direct from ship to cars at the Long Reach Docks of Gulf Atlantic Warehouse Co.
DateJanuary 27, 1956
Genreblack-and-white photographs;
Subject.Topical (AAT)ports
ships
freight cars
Subject.Topical (LCSH)Houston Ship Channel (Tex.)
Subject (Geographic)Houston, Texas
Original CollectionJames H. Branard Jr. Port of Houston Collection
RepositorySpecial Collections, University of Houston Libraries
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File nameshipc_201003_056a-cc.tif
Digital Collectionreformatted digital