Baltimore, Maryland. Building the SS Frederick Douglass. More than 6,000 Negro shipyard workers are employed at the Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, where the Liberty ship is being rushed to completion. The noted orator and abolitionist leader worked as a ship caulker in the vicinity of this yard before he escaped from slavery. Riveters Dave Martin and Walter Shired pose for cameraman
Summary
Picryl description: Public domain image of workers, labor, 1940s, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
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Date
01/01/1943
Contributors
Smith, Roger, photographer
Location
Baltimore (Md.), 39.29028, -76.61222
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html