Original 1947 Associated Press wire photo showing the massive tanker fire at Los Angeles Harbor in Wilmington, California, on June 22, 1947. The dramatic nighttime image captures towering flames and heavy smoke after an explosion aboard a fuel-laden tanker spread fire to an adjoining pier. Mounted on black paper from the archive of a Pittsburgh area newspaper. Measures approximately 9¼ × 7¾ inches overall. Please see photos.
