Image Title

:  Negro workers christen liberty ship in Kaiser yards.

Alternate Title

: [Beulah Whittington, an African American shipyard worker, receiving a bouquet of American Beauty roses from Frank Stearns of Richmond Shipyard No. 2 as Katie Lewis, the African American matron of honor, looks on during the ship launching of the SS S. Hall Young at Richmond Shipyard No. 2, Richmond, California, March 31, 1943.]

Creator

: Joseph, E. F. -- Photographer

Additional Name(s)

: United States. Office of War Information -- Sponsor

Created Date

: 1943

Medium

: Gelatin silver prints

Specific Material Type

: Photographs

Item Physical Description

: 1 photographic print : Gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.

Item/Page/Plate

: 32039

Notes

: Caption on back: "Thousands of Negro shipyard workers in the Kaiser yards at Richmond, Calif., participated in the launching of the SS S. Hall Young on March 31, 1943, after Miss Beulah Whittington, an employee of three days' standing, drew sponsor's ticket from a pool of 35,000 employees; Miss Whittington is shown receiving a bouquet of American Beauty roses from Frank Stearns of Richmond Shipyard No. 2 as Mrs. Katie Lewis, matron of honor ....
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Source

: Military. / World War II / Ship launchings [Liberty ships].

Source Description

: 3531 items (9.9 lin. ft., 39 boxes)

Location

: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture / Photographs and Prints Division

Catalog Call Number

: Sc Photo Military

Digital ID

: 1260233

Record ID

: 612630

Digital Item Published

: 4-29-2005; updated 1-20-2012