United States, Georgia, Glynn County, Brunswick, 31.14995, -81.491491943Emil J. Kratt, general manager, standing at podium speaking before the launching of a Liberty ship from the shipyard of the J.A. Jones Construction Company in Brunswick, Georgia. The podium is covered in patriotic bunting; beneath the lectern is a poster with the U.S. Maritime Commission insignia that reads "Ships for Victory " along with the urging of "Speed--More Speed" by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The dais behind Kratt is comprised of officers and dignitaries."2416"--photograph.Original photograph scanned by the Brunswick-Glynn County Library. Described by the Digital Library of Georgia as a part of Georgia HomePLACE: an initiative of the Georgia Public Library Service and GALILEO.image/jpeghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Photograph held by the Special Collections, Brunswick-Glynn County Library, Marshes of Glynn Libraries, J.A. Jones Construction Company collection, Photographs series, Ship launchings subseries, notebook 1, photograph 1-26.J.A. Jones Construction CompanyLiberty ships--Georgia--BrunswickShips--LaunchingShipbuilding--Georgia--BrunswickShipyards--Georgia--BrunswickRites and ceremonies--Georgia--BrunswickUnited States--Social life and customsWorld War, 1939-1945--War workWorld War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American[Photograph of Emil J. Kratt giving a speech at the launching of a Liberty ship, J.A. Jones Construction Company shipyard, Brunswick, Georgia, 1943]Mr. Emil J. KrattStillImage