Construction of the liberty ship "Booker T. Washington." T.W. Cole and Howard Glover, white and Negro welders at the California Shipbuilding Corporation, are shown watching a crane operator hoist steel plates into place on the "Booker T. Washington," first liberty ship to be named for a Negro
Summary
Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches).
Title and other information from caption card.
Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
Film copy on SIS roll 31, frame 1483.
Tags
california
los angeles county
wilmington
safety film negatives
alfred t palmer
united states office of war information
photo
first liberty ship
booker
washington
liberty ship
negro welders
office of war information
farm security administration
race relations
united states history
african americans
home front
wwii
world war 2
library of congress
Date
01/01/1942
Location
california
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
Public Domain