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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Photographs Gelatin Silver Prints
1943 05 07