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Port Chicago Debris Collection
1984.4
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Title: Port Chicago Debris Collection
Dates: 1944
Collection Number: 1984.4
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Extent: 1 box
Repository:
Contra Costa County Historical Society
Martinez, California 94553
Abstract: The collection contains one piece of twisted metal debris which is labelled as debris from the Port Chicago explosion in 1944.
Language of Material: English
This collection is open for research.
Port Chicago Debris Collection. Contra Costa County Historical Society
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection also includes a photograph of ruined buildings from the explosion, and a copy of an article on the explosion
from the Contra Costa Gazette of July 17, 1944. The piece of metal was found in the hills 1.5 miles southeast of Port Chicago.
No information is provided on the source of the metal, so it is unclear how the metal was identified as being from the explosion.
The photograph of damaged buildings is labelled as photo #195 and slide #53429. All three items together were part of a very
large donation by CCCHS co-founder Louis Stein in 1984.
Port Chicago
clippings, photographs