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Listen: The Assorted Selections ProgramShip being loaded with phosphate - Port Tampa, Florida.
Image Number
C005879
Date Note
Photographed in April 1947.
Rights
Collection
Department of Commerce collection
Subject Term
Elevators (Mineral processing)
Loading and unloading
Phosphates--Transportation
Shipment of goods
Shipping
Mineral industries--Florida--Hillsborough County--Port Tampa City
Nonmetallic minerals industry--Florida--Hillsborough County--Port Tampa City
Merchant ships
Cargo ships
Phosphate industry--Florida--Hillsborough County--Port Tampa City
Loading and unloading
Phosphates--Transportation
Shipment of goods
Shipping
Mineral industries--Florida--Hillsborough County--Port Tampa City
Nonmetallic minerals industry--Florida--Hillsborough County--Port Tampa City
Merchant ships
Cargo ships
Phosphate industry--Florida--Hillsborough County--Port Tampa City
Corporate Subject
Physical Description
1 photoprint - b&w - 4 x 5 in.
General Note
Accompanying note: "Fertilizer for war torn farm lands. The Mar-Negro, freighter from Bilbao, lies alongside the loading docks at Port Tampa to take on a cargo of Florida phosphate. Ships bound for Spain, Japan, England, France, New Zealand load here and at Boca Grande with the vital fertilizer."
Ship being loaded with phosphate - Port Tampa, Florida.
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