Oil tanker Markay explosion collection

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Title: Tanker Markay explodes at Los Angeles Harbor.
Type of Resource: mixed material
Other Date: 1947-06-22
Identifier(s): YSPS05-03-16A (Local)
Note(s):

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Subject(s): Tankers
Tankers--Accidents
1941-1950
Held by: Palos Verdes Library District. Peninsula Center Library
Location: Local History Center
Restrictions on Access: Electronically digitized by the Palos Verdes Library District from the Palos Verdes Library Local History Room Photo Collection. Copyright status must be investigated before publishing or commercial use. To obtain permission and images for publication purposes please contact the Palos Verdes Library District.
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Title: Oil tanker Markay explosion collection.
Name(s): Williams, Yvetta, contributor
Type of Resource: mixed material
Other Date: ca 1947
Abstract/Description: 'The oil tanker Markay exploded in Los Angeles Harbor. The port captain, Ivan Hogstrom was killed in the explosion. His widow Agnes was friends with my mother. These are my mother's pictures and a letter from Agnes to my mother after the explosion.'
Identifier(s): YSPS05-03-16 (Local)
Note(s):

[The oil tanker Markay exploded on June 22, 1947 at the Shell Oil Company docks on Mormon Island, Wilmington, part of the inner Los Angeles Harbor. The explosion destroyed the tanker and berths 167, 168 and part of 169. Licensed merchant marine officer and port captain, Karl I. Hogstrom was one of 12 unaccounted for after the explosion.]

Your Story is the Peninsula's Story scanning event February 24, 2019, Peninsula Center Library, Rolling Hills Estates, CA.
Subject(s): Portraits
Letters
Tankers
Portraits, Group
Tankers--Accidents
San Pedro (Los Angeles, Calif.)
1941-1950
Held by: Palos Verdes Library District. Peninsula Center Library
Location: Local History Center
Restrictions on Access: Electronically digitized by the Palos Verdes Library District from the Palos Verdes Library Local History Room Photo Collection. Copyright status must be investigated before publishing or commercial use. To obtain permission and images for publication purposes please contact the Palos Verdes Library District.
Related Title: The Log (August, 1947, pg. 36 Published by Miller Freeman Publications of California).
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