Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Title |
Sponsors, Shipyard Worker, Launch Ceremony, SS William F. Jerman |
Description |
SS William F. Jerman, Liberty Ship 74, J. A. Jones Shipyard, Brunswick, GA. Jones Construction Company, Inc., Catalog Number 74-4. B&W photo of (from left) Co-sponsors Mrs. Wm. I. Coddington and Miss Sara A. Tillet, Sponsor Mrs. Charles W. Tillett, and a female member of the shipyard's waterfront production crew (holding bouquet of roses) during the launch ceremony of the SS William F. Jerman. For each ship, a female worker was selected to participate in the launch ceremony, as a symbolic representation of all the shipyard’s employees. |
Collection |
Merry and Bill Tipton Collection |
Date |
12/23/1944 |
Place |
Brunswick, Georgia |
Catalog Number |
2016.006.524 |
Print size |
3.125" x 4.25" |
Orig/copy |
Original |
People |
Tillett, Mrs. Charles W. Coddington, Mrs. Wm. I. Tillett, Miss Sara A. |
Subjects |
Liberty Ships Shipbuilding World War II Ship Launch Launch Ceremony Shipyard Worker - Female J. A. Jones Shipyard, Brunswick, GA SS William F. Jerman, Liberty Ship 74 |