Chiloil Tanker Ship in Brazil in the 1930s Photographic Album
Collection — Container: 2022-022
Identifier: 2022-022
Scope and Contents
One photographic album depicting an American tanker ship in Santos, Rio de Janeiro, and Montevideo, Brazil, during the 1930s. 58 photographs show the interior and exterior of tanker "Chiloil" as well as street views in various Brazilian locations alongside 23 posctards from Santos, most of which are captioned.
Dates
- circa 1930s
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Biographical / Historical
The United States Shipping Board tanker ship named Kehuku was built in Wilmington, Delaware, in 1920. The ship was launched from that shipyard and sailed for a less than a year before returning to dock. In 1926 Kehuku was renamed Chiloil. The Chiloil was retired and scraped in 1947.
Extent
0.2 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
Spanish; Castilian
- Title
- Guide to Chiloil Tanker Ship in Brazil in the 1930s Photographic Album
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- September 2022
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections Repository