- Collection:
- Ships for Victory: J.A. Jones Construction Company and Liberty Ships in Brunswick, Georgia
- Title:
- [Photograph of Mona Douglas, Mrs. Alfred W. Jones, Dorothy Torras and Dorothy Rogers standing on a podium at the christening of the Liberty ship Howard E. Coffin, J.A. Jones Construction Company shipyard, Brunswick, Georgia, 1944 Jan. 21?]
- Date of Original:
- 1944-01-21
- Subject:
- J.A. Jones Construction Company
Howard E. Coffin (Ship)
Liberty ships--Georgia--Brunswick
Ships--Launching
Shipbuilding--Georgia--Brunswick
Shipyards--Georgia--Brunswick
Rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Brunswick
United States--Social life and customs
Bouquets--Georgia--Brunswick
World War, 1939-1945--War work - People:
- Jones, Alfred W., Mrs.
Douglas, Mona
Torras, Dorothy - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Glynn County, Brunswick, 31.14995, -81.49149
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Mona Douglas, Mrs. Alfred W. Jones (with flowers), Dorothy Torras, and flower girl, Dorothy Rogers, at the speaker's podium at a ceremonial Liberty ship launching, held in the shipyard of the J.A. Jones Construction Company, Brunswick, Georgia. The ship being christened is likely the Howard E. Coffin. Named for automotive industrialist and Saint Simons Island and Sea Island developer Howard Earle Coffin (1873-1937), the ship was the twenty-fourth constructed in Brunswick by the J.A. Jones Construction Company. Its keel was laid November 30, 1943. The ship was launched January 21, 1944 and delivered January 31, 1944.
"24-5"--photograph.
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 1-38.
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_jaj038
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vsbg_jaj038#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vsbg_jaj038/presentation/manifest.json
- Rights Holder:
- Contact repository re: reproduction and usage.
- 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
- Holding Institution:
- Brunswick-Glynn County Library (Ga.). Special Collections
- Rights:
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