- Collection:
- Ships for Victory: J.A. Jones Construction Company and Liberty Ships in Brunswick, Georgia
- Title:
- [Photograph of Mrs. J. Melville Broughton christening the Liberty ship Donald W. Bain, J.A. Jones Construction Company shipyard, Brunswick, Georgia, 1944 May 25?]
- Date of Original:
- 1944-05-25
- Subject:
- J.A. Jones Construction Company
Donald W. Bain (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:
- Broughton, J. Melville, 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. J. Melville Broughton, wife of Governor Joseph Melville Broughton of North Carolina, is poised with a bottle of champagne, ready to christen the Donald W. Bain at a ceremonial Liberty ship launching held in the J.A. Jones Construction Company shipyard in Brunswick, Georgia. An unidentified woman, clutching a purse, stands behind Mrs. Broughton. Named for former North Carolina treasurer Donald W. Bain (d. 1892), the ship was the forty-first constructed in Brunswick by the J.A. Jones Construction Company. Its keel was laid April 17, 1944. The ship was launched May 25, 1944 and delivered June 17, 1944.
"41-14"--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_jaj034
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vsbg_jaj034#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vsbg_jaj034/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 1-34.
- Holding Institution:
- Brunswick-Glynn County Library (Ga.). Special Collections
- Rights:
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