African American captain and part of the crew on the day of the launching of the liberty ship SS Frederick Douglass
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@ Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division. The New York Public Library
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Caption on back: "Twenty-nine days after the keel was slid, the SS Frederick Douglass, third liberty ship named for a Negro, was launched in Baltimore, Md., on May 23; The thousands of workers and friends who witnessed the launching were given an added thrill by seeing the Negro captain and part of the crew of the new vessel; They are, left to right: John B. Clark of New York City, third mate; Vincent Davis [white] chief engineer; and looking over Mr. Davis's shoulder is Charles Harris of Pawtucket, R. I., first assistant engineer; Captain Adrian Richardson of New York City, skipper of the SS Frederick Douglass; and Ferdinand Smith, Secretary of the National Maritime Union, who presented Captain Richardson with the scroll holding in his right hand.
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Photographs Gelatin Silver Prints
1943 05 22