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Studio portrait of young woman, head turned to her right
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Visit of Major Gen William R. Shaftey to 11th Annual Tournament of Roses at Pasadena on January 1st, 1900. With him are President Patten of Pasadena Board of Trustees, left, and General Harrison Gray Otis, second from right, who gained control of the fledgling Times
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Congestion of colonist's luggage, Los Angeles, ca. 1910
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9 year old newsboy selling near Southern Pacific Depot. A negro bystander said: "He's de boss fighter of 5th Street." See California report. Location: Los Angeles, California
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NAACP photographs of racial violence in Columbia, Tenn., Los Angeles, Calif., and Tulsa, Okla.
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The "Arroyo Seco" Bridge between Los Angeles and Pasadena, Calif.
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Reverend McDavid and his Los Angeles Church
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[19th Annual Conference, NAACP, Los Angeles, Calif., 1928]
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[Jack Johnson, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, conducting African American orchestra in his newly opened Los Angeles nightclub "The Showboat"]
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[Nurse Margaret Hayes with her birthday cake celebrating her 100th birthday]
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[New Orpheum Theatre and Orpheum Theatre (Modern Vaudeville), Los Angeles, California]
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The six plane factories of the Douglas Aircraft Company have been termed an industrial melting pot, since men and women of fifty-eight national origins work side by side in pushing Americas's plane output. S. O. Porter, Douglas director of personnel, recently declared that Negros are doing an outstanding job in all plants. Graham Fain works in the El Segundo plant of the Douglas Aircraft Company
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The six plane factories of the Douglas Aircraft Company have been termed an industrial melting pot, since men and women of fifty-eight national origins work side by side in pushing Americas's plane output. S. O. Porter, Douglas director of personnel, recently declared that Negros are doing an outstanding job in all plants. Miss Amanda Smith is employed in the Long Beach Plant of the Douglas Aircraft Company
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The six plane factories of the Douglas Aircraft Company have been termed an industrial melting pot, since men and women of fifty-eight national origins work side by side in pushing Americas's plane output. S. O. Porter, Douglas director of personnel, recently declared that Negros are doing an outstanding job in all plants. Dora Miles and Dorothy Johnson are employed in the Long Beach Plant of the Douglas Aircraft Company
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The six plane factories of the Douglas Aircraft Company have been termed an industrial melting pot, since men and women of fifty-eight national origins work side by side in pushing Americas's plane output. S. O. Porter, Douglas director of personnel, recently declared that Negros are doing an outstanding job in all plants. Lucille Little works in the El Segundo Plant of the Douglas Aircraft Company
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The six plane factories of the Douglas Aircraft Company have been termed an industrial melting pot, since men and women of fifty-eight national origins work side by side in pushing Americas's plane output. S. O. Porter, Douglas director of personnel, recently declared that Negros are doing an outstanding job in all plants. Dolores Aldrich is employed in the Long Beach Plant of the Douglas Aircraft Company
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The six plane factories of the Douglas Aircraft Company have been termed an industrial melting pot, since men and women of fifty-eight national origins work side by side in pushing Americas's plane output. S. O. Porter, Douglas director of personnel, recently declared that Negros are doing an outstanding job in all plants. Samuel Wattree works in the El Segundo plant of the Douglas Aircraft Company
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The six plane factories of the Douglas Aircraft Company have been termed an industrial melting pot, since men and women of fifty-eight national origins work side by side in pushing Americas's plane output. S. O. Porter, Douglas director of personnel, recently declared that Negros are doing an outstanding job in all plants. Carol Angel is shown in the El Segundo plant of the Douglas Aircraft Company
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The six plane factories of the Douglas Aircraft Company have been termed an industrial melting pot, since men and women of fifty-eight national origins work side by side in pushing Americas's plane output. S. O. Porter, Douglas director of personnel, recently declared that Negros are doing an outstanding job in all plants. Luedell Mitchell and Lavada Cherry are shown in the El Segundo Plant of the Douglas Aircraft Company
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The six plane factories of the Douglas Aircraft Company have been termed an industrial melting pot, since men and women of fifty-eight national origins work side by side in pushing Americas's plane output. S. O. Porter, Douglas director of personnel, recently declared that Negros are doing an outstanding job in all plants. Curtis Edwards works in the El Segundo plant of the Douglas Aircraft Company
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The six plane factories of the Douglas Aircraft Company have been termed an industrial melting pot, since men and women of fifty-eight national origins work side by side in pushing Americas's plane output. S. O. Porter, Douglas director of personnel, recently declared that Negros are doing an outstanding job in all plants. Richard Springfield and William Ung are employed in the El Segundo plant of the Douglas Aircraft Company
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The six plane factories of the Douglas Aircraft Company have been termed an industrial melting pot, since men and women of fifty-eight national origins work side by side in pushing Americas's plane output. S. O. Porter, Douglas director of personnel, recently declared that Negros are doing an outstanding job in all plants. R. B. Santona and L. C. Ross work together in the El Segundo plant of the Douglas Aircraft Company
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The six plane factories of the Douglas Aircraft Company have been termed an industrial melting pot, since men and women of fifty-eight national origins work side by side in pushing Americas's plane output. S. O. Porter, Douglas director of personnel, recently declared that Negros are doing an outstanding job in all plants. Ruth Miller works in the El Segundo Plant of the Douglas Aircraft Company
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The six plane factories of the Douglas Aircraft Company have been termed an industrial melting pot, since men and women of fifty-eight national origins work side by side in pushing Americas's plane output. S. O. Porter, Douglas director of personnel, recently declared that Negros are doing an outstanding job in all plants. Kathryn Polinaire and Vivian King are employed in the Long Beach Plant of the Douglas Aircraft Company
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The Southwest Theatre Unit of the Federal Theatre Project at the Musart Theatre now Lynn Riggs' lusty American comedy "Roadside"
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"Ah, Wilderness!" Federal Theatre Playhouse, Tulane & Miro Streets
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"Art & Mrs. Bottle" WPA Federal Theatre Playhouse, Tulane & S. Miro April 26 to May 7.
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"Excursion" WPA Federal Theatre Playhouse, Tulane & Miro Sail in and see living actors in a live play.
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Streamlined Shakespeare - winter's tale and midsummer night's dream Cut versions : Federal Theatre Playhouse, Tulane & Miro.
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WPA Federal Theatre Playhouse, Tulane and Miro, world premiere of "African vineyard" by Gladys Unger & Walter Armitage
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Now! Federal Theatres present "Midsummer varieties" A tuneful, sparkling vaudeville revue.
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"Revue of reviews" a musical satire of today Hollywood Playhouse, Vine near Hollywood Blvd. : Federal Theatre Project div. of W.P.A.
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"Two a day" by Gene Stone and Jack Robinson A cavalcade of vaudeville.
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Hollywood Playhouse now "Two a day" A cavalcade of vaudeville : Ride the big red cars.
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A Federal Theatre production festival of American dance featuring "An American exodus"
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Federal Theatre Project presents "Festival of American dance" featuring "An American exodus"
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High school Victory Corps. Polytechnic High School, Los Angeles, California, teaches its students trades which fit them to help in the war program. This Negro boy is learning the use of an acetylene torch
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Production. B-17F heavy bombers. Negro girls are proving willing and capable aircraft workers. This girl works on wing jigs in the assembly of B-17F heavy bombers at the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company. Better known as the "Flying Fortress," the B-17F is a later model B-17, which distinguished itself in action in the South Pacific, over Germany and elsewhere. It is a long range, high altitude, heavy bomber with a crew of seven to nine men and with armament sufficient to defend itself on daylight missions
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Production. Launching of the SS Booker T. Washington. First Liberty Ship named for a Negro, the SS Booker T. Washington is shown at the California Shipbuilding Corporation's yards a short time before it was christened by Marian Anderson, the celebrated contralto. The cargo vessel was placed in command of Captain Hugh Mulzac, a Negro skipper.
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Production. B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bombers. This Negro employee at North American's Inglewood, California, plant, assembles the lucite windows for the bombardier's compartment of B-25 bombers. In addition to the battle-tested B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, this plant produces the P-51 "Mustang" fighter plane which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe
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Production. Launching of the SS Booker T. Washington. Shipyard workers of many racial groups which helped construct the SS Booker T. Washington, first Liberty Ship named for a Negro, wave from the deck of the vessel a short time before it was launched at the California Shipbuilding Corporation's yard on September 29, 1942
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Production. P-51 "Mustang" fighter planes. Two Negros work as a team, riveting wing sections for P-51 fighters for the U.S. Air Force at the Inglewood, California, plant of the North American Aviation. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 fighter plane which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe
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Production. B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bombers. A Negro employee at North American's Inglewood, California, plant, countersinks holes prior to riveting the wing panel for a B-25 bomber. In addition to the battle-tested B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, this plant produces the P-51 "Mustang" fighter plane which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe
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Production. Launching of the SS Booker T. Washington. Elaine Mulzac, daughter of Captain Hugh Mulzac, Negro skipper of the SS Booker T. Washington, talks to two Negro workmen who helped construct the first Liberty Ship named for a Negro
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Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Two Negro women employees in North American Aviation's wing sub-assembly department at Inglewood, California, drill and rivet wing sections for fighter and bomber planes. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane, which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe
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Production. B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bombers. A Negro employee at the flight ramp of North American's Inglewood, California, plant, tows a B-25 bomber into place. In addition to the battle-tested B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, this plant produces the P-51 "Mustang" fighter plane which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe
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Production. Launching of the SS Booker T. Washington. The SS Booker T Washington, first Liberty Ship named for a Negro, enters the water after being launched at the Wilmington, California, yards of the California Shipbuilding Corporation on September 29, 1942
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Production. Launching of the SS Booker T. Washington. The SS Booker T. Washington, first Liberty Ship named for a Negro is shown at the California Shipbuilding Corporation's yards. Marian Anderson, celebrated contralto, christened the ship which was named for the noted Negro educator
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Production. Airplane manufacture, general. This Negro employee runs a shear in the sheet metal department of North American's Inglewood, California, plant. Sheet metal plane parts are trimmed to the correct size by the use of a high speed electric shear. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane, which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe
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Production. Launching of the SS Booker T. Washington. Marian Anderson, celebrated contralto, prepares to christen the SS Booker T. Washington, talks to two Negro workmen who helped construct the first Liberty Ship named for a Negro, at the Wilmington yards of the California Shipbuilding Corporation
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Construction of the liberty ship "Booker T. Washington." Howard Glover, right, and T.W. Cole, left, are shown fabricating the second deck of the "Booker T. Washington," first liberty ship named for a Negro at the California Shipbuilding Corporation's yards
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Production. Airplane maufacture, general. The symbol of democracy, newly painted on a heavy bomber at the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company, brings hope to enslaved people in Axis-dominated lands. Most important are the many types of aircraft made at this plant are the B-17F ("Flying Fortress") heavy bomber, the A-20 ("Havoc") assault bomber and the C-47 heavy transport plane for the carrying of troops and cargo
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Production. Aircraft. On the tail section of a Ventura bomber, a Negro and a white worker team up to raise the production rate of a big Western aircraft plant
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Production. B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bombers. Negro and white work together at North American's Inglewood, California, plant, turning out planes to defeat the Axis. Here, employees of both races assemble the wing panels for a B-25 bomber. In addition to the battle-tested B-25 "Billy Mitchell bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, this plant produces the P-51 "Mustang" fighter plane which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe
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Production. Launching of the SS Booker T. Washington. Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune, Director of Negro Affairs, National Youth Administration (NYA); an identified member of the local committee; Marian Anderson, celebrated contralto; Dr. William J. Thompkins, Recorder of Deeds, Washington, D.C.; Reverend F.D. Jordon, Los Angeles; and Mrs. Portia Washington Pittman, only living daughter of Booker T. Washington, wave farewell as the Liberty Ship named for the great Negro educator and leader, slides down the ways at the California Shipbuilding Corporation's yards at Wilmington, California
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Production. Launching of the SS Booker T. Washington. First Liberty Ship named for a Negro, the SS Booker T. Washington is shown at the California Shipbuilding Corporation's yards a short time before it was christened by Marian Anderson, the celebrated contralto. The cargo vessel was placed in command of Captain Hugh Mulzac, a Negro skipper.
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Production. Launching of the SS Booker T. Washington. First Liberty Ship named for a Negro, the SS Booker T. Washington is shown at the California Shipbuilding Corporation's yards a short time before it was christened by Marian Anderson, the celebrated contralto. The cargo vessel was placed in command of Captain Hugh Mulzac, a Negro skipper
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Production. BT-13A ("Valiant") basic trainers. Negro aircraft worker at Vultee's Downey, California plant. At the Downey plant is made the BT-13A ("Valiant") basic trainer--a fast, sturdy ship powered by a Pratt and Whitney Wasp engine
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Construction of the liberty ship "Booker T. Washington." This general view of three shipways at the California Shipbuilding Corporation's yards shows three sister ships of the "Booker T. Washington," first liberty ship named for a Negro, being rushed to completion
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Production. B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bombers. A Negro employee at North American's Inglewood, California, plant, works on extrusion angles for B-25 bombers. In addition to the battle-tested B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, this plant produces the P-51 "Mustang" fighter plane which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe
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Hollywood enlists its typewriters for war. Hollywood studios have answered the nation's call for typewriters for the armed services. Picture shows a load of machines released by 20th Century Fox studies to two Uncle Sam's Waves. The schools and private owners to sell one out of every four machines to obtain 600,000 typewriters urgently needed by the armed services. New production ceased October 31. Typewriter manufacturers are now producing war materials
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A Negro woman at North American Aviation uses an electric hand drill to drill holes in a sheet metal assembly prior to riveting
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San Pedro, Cal. Apr. 1942. Fishing boats, formerly operated by residents of Japanese ancestry, tied up for the duration in Los Angeles harbor
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Production. Launching of the SS Booker T. Washington. First Liberty Ship named for a Negro, the SS Booker T. Washington is shown at the California Shipbuilding Corporation's yards a short time before it was christened by Marian Anderson, the celebrated contralto. The cargo vessel was placed in command of Captain Hugh Mulzac, a Negro skipper.
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Construction of the liberty ship "Booker T. Washington." Jack Dover, Filipino welder assigned to work on the "Booker T. Washington," first liberty ship named for a Negro, is one of the workers of many racial groups who rushed to complete the vessel which bears the name of the noted Negro educator
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Production. Aircraft. A Negro worker in the metal-treating division of a large Western aircraft plant passes structural sections along the line for further processing and assembly
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Construction of the liberty ship "Booker T. Washington." The "Booker T. Washington," first liberty ship to be named for a Negro, is shown being rushed to completion on one of the ways of the California Shipbuilding Corporation
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Construction of the liberty ship "Booker T. Washington." Jesse Kermit Lucas, skilled Negro worker, regulates electric current from generator as lead man looks on. Both were employed in the construction of the "Booker T. Washington," first liberty ship named for a Negro, at the California Shipbuilding Corporation
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Production. B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bombers. A Negro employee at the Inglewood, California, plant of North American puts the finishing touches on the windshield of a B-25 bomber. In addition to the battle-tested B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, this plant produces the P-51 "Mustang" fighter plane which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe
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Construction of the liberty ship "Booker T. Washington." T.W. Cole and Howard Glover, white and Negro welders at the California Shipbuilding Corporation, are shown watching a crane operator hoist steel plates into place on the "Booker T. Washington," first liberty ship to be named for a Negro
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Production. Launching of the SS Booker T. Washington. Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune, Director of Negro Affairs, National Youth Administration (NYA); Marian Anderson, celebrated contralto; and Dr. William J. Thompkins, Recorder of Deeds, Washington, D.C., congratulate Negro workmen who helped construct the SS Booker T. Washington, first Liberty Ship named for a Negro
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Production. Launching of the SS Booker T. Washington. Two Negro welders, representative of the workers of many racial groups which helped construct the first Liberty Ship named for a Negro, prepare to cut the steel plates which released the SS Booker T. Washington down the ways at its launching on September 29, 1942, at the California Shipbuilding Corporation's Wilmington yards
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Production. Aircraft. This Negro worker using a portable electric drill on a YP-38 subassembly in a large Western aircraft plant was trained in a very short time to do fast, accurate work
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Production. Launching of the SS Booker T. Washington. America needs ships to carry its guns and tanks and planes to the battlefronts of the world. A few minutes after the SS Booker T. Washington, first Liberty Ship named for a Negro, was launched at the California Shipbuilding Corporation's Wilmington yards, workmen were busy laying the keel for a new ship in America's growing Victory Fleet
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Production. Launching of the SS Booker T. Washington. The SS Booker T. Washington, first Liberty Ship named for a Negro is shown at the fitting-out pier a short time after it was launched at the California Shipbuilding Corporation's yards. Marian Anderson, celebrated contralto, christened the ship which was named for the noted Negro educator
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A Negro employee on North American's flight ramp tows a B-25 bomber into place
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Construction of the liberty ship "Booker T. Washington." Workers of many racial groups participated in the construction of the liberty ship "Booker T. Washington," named for the great Negro educator. Edward Char, Chinese welder, is shown fabricating the double bottom for the ship at the California Shipbuilding Corporation yards
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This Negro employee counter-sinks holes prior to riveting this wing panel. Negroes and whites work together at North American Aviation
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The evacuation of Japanese-Americans from West Coast areas under U.S. Army war emergency order Japanese try to sell their belongings.
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Production. Launching SS Booker T. Washington. The SS Booker T. Washington, first Liberty Ship named for a Negro, slides down the ways at the Wilmington yards of the California Shipbuilding Corporation at its launching on September 29, 1942
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San Pedro, Calif. Apr. 1942. The last Redondo Beach residents of Japanese ancestry leaving by truck for relocation
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Production. Launching of the SS Booker T. Washington. Marian Anderson, celebrated contralto, and Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune, Director of Negro Affairs, National Youth Administration (NYA), at the launching of the SS Booker T. Washington, first Liberty Ship named for a Negro, at the California Shipbuilding Corporation's yards
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Production. Launching of the SS Booker T. Washington. The SS Booker T Washington, first Liberty Ship named for a Negro slides down the ways at the Wilmington yards of the California Shipbuilding Corporation at its launching on September 29, 1942
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Production. Launching of the SS Booker T. Washington. The SS Booker T. Washington, first Liberty Ship named for a Negro is shown at the fitting-out pier a short time after it was launched at the California Shipbuilding Corporation's yards. Marian Anderson, celebrated contralto, christened the ship which was named for the noted Negro educator
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Construction of the liberty ship "Booker T. Washington." Booker T. Washington believed in industrial education for Negroes. One Negro youth who heeded his advice and attended Tuskegee Institute in Alabama is now a skilled worker in the shipyard, which has named a liberty ship for the noted Negro educator. Ernest Enloe Cotton, who studied sheet-metal work at Tuskegee, is shown in his welding job at the California Shipbuilding Corporation yards
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This Negro employee counter-sinks holes prior to riveting this wing panel for B-25
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Production. Launching of the SS Booker T. Washington. The SS Booker T. Washington, first Liberty Ship named for a Negro is shown at the fitting-out pier a short time after it was launched at the California Shipbuilding Corporation's yards. Marian Anderson, celebrated contralto, christened the ship which was named for the noted Negro educator
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Production. Launching of the SS Booker T. Washington. Shipyard workers of many racial groups which helped construct the SS Booker T. Washington, first Liberty Ship named for a Negro, wave from the deck of the vessel a short time before it was launched at the California Shipbuilding Corporation's yard on September 29, 1942
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This Negro employee at North American Aviation tows planes into place on the flight ramp
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Construction of the liberty ship "Booker T. Washington." Ernest Enloe Cotton, former Tuskegee student now employed by the California Shipbuilding Corporation, is shown with a lead man examining the weld-head put on a section of the double bottom of a liberty ship. The "Booker T. Washington," first ship named for a Negro, was constructed in this yard. Mr. Washington founded Tuskegee Institute in Alabama
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Construction of the liberty ship "Booker T. Washington." Negro skilled workers in many crafts participated in the construction of the "Booker T. Washington," first liberty ship named for a Negro. James Kermit Lucas, welder, is shown working on the top deck of the vessel which bears the name of the noted Negro educator
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Construction of the liberty ship "Booker T. Washington." Jesse Kermit Lucas, experienced Negro welder at the California Shipbuilding Corporation's yards, is shown instructing his white welder apprentice, Rodney Gail Chesney, as the two work on the "Booker T. Washington," first liberty ship named for a Negro
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Construction of the liberty ship "Booker T. Washington." G.M. Matthews, Negro burner assigned to the steel plate ship of the California Shipbuilding Corporation, is one of the more than 500 skilled, semi-skilled, and unskilled Negro workers in the yards which built the "Booker T. Washington," first liberty ship named for a Negro
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Production. Launching of the SS Booker T. Washington. America's salvage campaign extends even into her shipyards. A workman is shown salvaging grease from the skids at the Wilmington yards of the California Shipbuilding Corporation a few minutes after the SS Booker T. Washington, first Liberty Ship named after a Negro, was launched on September 29, 1942
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Production. BT-13A ("Valiant") basic trainers. Negroes work alongside white men on wing assemblies for "Valiant" basic trainers at Vultee's Downey, California plant. At the Downey plant is made the BT-13A ("Valiant") basic trainer--a fast, sturdy ship powered by a Pratt and Whitney Wasp engine
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Production. Launching of the SS Booker T. Washington. Marian Anderson, celebrated contralto who sponsored the SS Booker T. Washington, and Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune, Director of Negro Affairs, National Youth Administration (NYA), are shown with a group of Negroes workmen who helped construct the first Liberty Ship named for a Negro at the California Shipbuilding Corporation's yards at Wilmington, California
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Production. Launching of the SS Booker T. Washington. Marian Anderson, celebrated contralto, christens the SS Booker T. Washington, first Liberty Ship named for a Negro, at the Wilmington yards of the California Shipbuilding Corporation on September 29, 1942. The ship was named for the noted Negro educator and founder of the Tuskegee Industrial Institute
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Zoot suiters leave jail to make court appearance
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Baseball players in war production. Outfielder Vince DiMaggio, of the Pittsburgh Pirates, has been working at the California Ship Building Corporation since last October. He's one of the many former athletic stars who are helping to smash the Axis by building the equipment needed by America's fighting men
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[Policemen and wounded African American man inside police ambulance, during Los Angeles "Zoot Suit" riot of 1943]
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