- Collection:
- Ships for Victory: J.A. Jones Construction Company and Liberty Ships in Brunswick, Georgia
- Title:
- [Photograph of J. Melville Broughton at the launching of 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
Bouquets--Georgia--Brunswick
World War, 1939-1945--War work
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American - People:
- Broughton, J. Melville (Joseph Melville), 1888-1949
Broughton, J. Melville, Mrs.
Jones, Edwin L.
Jones, Edwin L., Mrs. - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Glynn County, Brunswick, 31.14995, -81.49149
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- J. Melville Broughton (the governor of North Carolina), Mrs. Broughton, Edwin L. Jones, and Mrs. Jones at the ceremonial launching of the Donald W. Bain, held in the J.A. Jones Construction Company shipyard in Brunswick, Georgia. 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.
"41-2"--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_jaj050
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vsbg_jaj050#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vsbg_jaj050/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 collections, Photographs series, Ship launchings subseries, notebook 1, photograph 1-50.
- Holding Institution:
- Brunswick-Glynn County Library (Ga.). Special Collections
- Rights:
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