- Collection:
- Ships for Victory: J.A. Jones Construction Company and Liberty Ships in Brunswick, Georgia
- Title:
- [Photograph of Mrs. I. M. Aiken christening the Liberty ship George W. Crawford, J.A. Jones Construction Company shipyard, Brunswick, Georgia, 1944 Jan. 1?]
- Date of Original:
- 1944-01-01
- Subject:
- J.A. Jones Construction Company
George W. Crawford (Ship)
Liberty ships--Georgia--Brunswick
Ships--Launching
Shipbuilding--Georgia--Brunswick
Shipyards--Georgia--Brunswick
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:
- Aiken, I. M., Mrs.
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Glynn County, Brunswick, 31.14995, -81.49149
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Mrs. I. M. Aiken christening the bow of the George W. Crawford, at a ceremonial Liberty ship launching, held in the shipyard of the J.A. Jones Construction Company in Brunswick, Georgia. Men in the background look on. Named for U.S. Representative, Georgia Governor, and Secretary of War under Taylor George Walker Crawford (1798-1872), the ship was the twenty-second constructed in Brunswick by the J.A. Jones Construction Company. Its keel was laid November 16, 1943. The ship was launched January 1, 1944 and delivered January 13, 1944.
"22-8"--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. - Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vsbg_jaj033
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vsbg_jaj033#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vsbg_jaj033/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 1-33.
- Holding Institution:
- Brunswick-Glynn County Library (Ga.). Special Collections
- Rights:
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