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Miss Lulu Mae Hamel (flower girl and shipyard worker) presenting a bouquet of roses to Mrs. John H. Sengstacke (sponsor) during the launching of the Liberty ship SS Robert S. Abbott at Permanente Metals Corporation Shipyard No. 2

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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: "First "war bond" liberty ship to be named for an outstanding Negro American, the SS Robert S. Abbot was launched on April 13, 1944 at the Permanente Metals Corporation Shipyard No. 2 at Richmond, Calif.; the ship, honoring the founder The Chicago Defender, was the third name for a noted Negro editor and publisher; As Miss Rebecca Sengstacke, Maid of Honor and sister of the founder of the Chicago Defender, looks on, Miss Lulu Mae Hamel, flower girl, presents Mrs. John H. Sengstake, sponsor with a rose bouquet.
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Photographs Gelatin Silver Prints
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1944 04 13
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