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Pierce Fordyce Oil Association tank (close-up)
Pierce Fordyce Oil Association tank (close-up)
TitlePierce Fordyce Oil Association tank (close-up)
CreatorFrazier, Rex Dunbar [photographer]
DescriptionClose-up of an oil tank owned by the Pierce Fordyce Oil Association, beside a railroad track.
CaptionFrom scrapbook: "Pierce Fordyce Oil Association tank that floated to Texas City terminal tracks right of way. Contained a large amount of gasoline"
Date1915?
Genreblack-and-white photographs
Subject (Name)Pierce Fordyce Oil Association
Subject.Topical (AAT)natural disasters
hurricanes
oil storage tanks
tracks (transit system elements)
Subject.Topical (Local)Drifting/Damage
Subject (Geographic)Texas City, Texas
La Marque, Texas
Original CollectionGalveston 1915 Hurricane Photographs, 1915 http://archon.lib.uh.edu/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=295
RepositorySpecial Collections, University of Houston Libraries
Original Item LocationID 1997-002, Box 1997-002, Folder 58
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