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Lena Horne, African American actress, singer, and sponsor of the SS George Washington Carver, signing autographs for African American shipyard workers who helped build the ship, on the day of its launching, Richmond Shipyard No. 1

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@ Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division. The New York Public Library

Joseph, E. F

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Caption on back: "The SS George Washington Carver, second liberty ship to be named for an outstanding Negro American, was launched at the Richmond (Cal.) Shipyard No. 1 of the Kaiser Company on May 7, 1943; Shipyard workers who helped build 10,500-ton liberty ship, are shown receiving autographs from Lena Horhne, singer and actress who sponsored the ship at the request of the United Negro Labor Committee.
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Text
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Photographs Gelatin Silver Prints
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1943 05 07
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division. The New York Public Library

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Keywords

  1. African American Actresses
  2. African American Men
  3. African American Soldiers
  4. African American Women Singers
  5. African Americans
  6. Armed Forces
  7. Employees
  8. Horne, Lena
  9. Liberty Ships
  10. Shipbuilding Industry
  11. United States
  12. Women
  13. World War, 1939 1945

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