- Collection:
- Ships for Victory: J.A. Jones Construction Company and Liberty Ships in Brunswick, Georgia
- Title:
- [Photograph of Mildred Delaney Slemons Arnall christening the Liberty ship Joseph R. Lamar with champagne, J.A. Jones Construction Company shipyard, Brunswick, Georgia, 1943 Apr. 29]
- Date of Original:
- 1943-04-29
- Subject:
- J.A. Jones Construction Company
Joseph R. Lamar (Ship)
Liberty ships--Georgia--Brunswick
Ships--Launching
Shipbuilding--Georgia--Brunswick
Shipyards--Georgia--Brunswick
Shipbuilding industry--Employees
Rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Brunswick
United States--Social life and customs
Champagne (Wine)
Wine bottles--Georgia--Brunswick
World War, 1939-1945--War work
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American - People:
- Arnall, Ellis Gibbs, 1907-1992
Arnall, Mildred Delaney Slemons, d. 1980 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Glynn County, Brunswick, 31.14995, -81.49149
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Mildred Delaney Slemons Arnall, wife of Governor Ellis Arnall of Georgia, at the launching of the Joseph R. Lamar. She is swinging a champagne bottle at the boat's bow during a ceremonial Liberty ship launching in the shipyard of the J.A. Jones Construction Company in Brunswick, Georgia. Workers (some in hard hats) can be seen beneath the dais. Named for U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Joseph Rucker Lamar (1857-1916), the ship was the third constructed in Brunswick by the J.A. Jones Construction Company. Its keel was laid April 17, 1944. The ship was launched April 29, 1943 and delivered June 17, 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. - Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vsbg_jaj032
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vsbg_jaj032#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vsbg_jaj032/presentation/manifest.json
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of photograph, series, subseries, notebook number, photograph number], J.A. Jones Construction Company collection, Special Collections, Brunswick-Glynn County Library, Marshes of Glynn Libraries, as presented in the Digital Library of Georgia
- Extent:
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Original Collection:
- 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 1-32.
- Holding Institution:
- Brunswick-Glynn County Library (Ga.). Special Collections
- Rights:
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