Descendants of the late Edward A. Savoy pose for the camera at the launching of Liberty ship SS Edward A. Savoy, Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard
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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: "This family group of descendants of the late Edward A. Savoy was taken at the launching of the liberty ship named in honor, at the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Md., on July 19; Included among the group are: Mrs. Edith Savoy Morgan, sponsor; Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Morgan; Dr. and Mrs. Sevellon D. Savoy; Miss Ruth Edwina Savoy; Mrs. Rachel S. Wines; Lieut. A. Lawrence Savoy; Mrs. Edna R. Rogers; Mrs. Nettie D. Wave; Miss Yvonne Boyden; Mr. and Mrs. James O. Holmes, Sr., Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Edwards; Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Jackson; Mrs. Marie E. Peveva; Mrs. Ida S. Taylor; Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Purnell and A. Keiger Savoy , Assistant Superintendent of Schools in the nation's capital.
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Photographs Gelatin Silver Prints
1944 07 19