United States, Georgia, Glynn County, Brunswick, 31.14995, -81.491491943-10-22A young child standing on a podium helps a man conduct a band during the launching of the Henry W. Grady from the J.A. Jones Construction Company shipyard in Brunswick, Georgia. Members of the band are wearing hard hats, as are some members of the audience, which includes shipyard workers and WACs. The writing visible on some of the hard hats is not legible. Named for Atlanta journalist, political leader, and New South booster Henry Woodfin Grady (1850-1889), the ship was the thirteenth constructed in Brunswick by the J.A. Jones Construction Company. Its keel was laid July 31, 1943. The ship was launched October 22, 1943 and delivered October 30, 1943.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 1-29.J.A. Jones Construction CompanyHenry W. Grady (Ship)Liberty ships--Georgia--BrunswickShips--LaunchingShipbuilding--Georgia--BrunswickShipyards--Georgia--BrunswickShipbuilding industry--EmployeesRites and ceremonies--Georgia--BrunswickUnited States--Social life and customsBoys--Georgia--BrunswickBands (Music)--Georgia--BrunswickWorld War, 1939-1945--War workWorld War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American[Photograph of a child standing on podium conducting a band at the launching of the Liberty ship Henry W. Grady, J.A. Jones Construction Company shipyard, Brunswick, Georgia, 1943 Oct. 22?]Unknown person helping child conduct orchestraStillImage