Lena Horne, African American actress, singer, and sponsor of the SS George Washington Carver, about to place a kiss on the cheek of Montrose Carrol, a chipper who worked on the Liberty ship, during the ship's 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; Montrose Carrol, a chipper who worked on the 10,500-ton liberty ship, was the lucky man who received a kiss from Lena Horne, sponsor, in behalf of all of the Richmond shipyard workers.
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Photographs Gelatin Silver Prints
1943 05 07