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- Collection:
- Ships for Victory: J.A. Jones Construction Company and Liberty Ships in Brunswick, Georgia
- Title:
- [Photograph of the Reverend John Sharp giving an invocation at a Liberty ship launching, J.A. Jones Construction Company shipyard, Brunswick, Georgia, 1943/1945?]
- Date of Original:
- 1943/1945
- Subject:
- J.A. Jones Construction Company
Liberty ships--Georgia--Brunswick
Ships--Launching
Shipbuilding--Georgia--Brunswick
Shipyards--Georgia--Brunswick
Rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Brunswick
United States--Social life and customs
World War, 1939-1945--War work
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American - People:
- Sharp, John, Rev.
Purcell, G. G.
Purcell, G. G., Mrs.
Purcell, Claire - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Glynn County, Brunswick, 31.14995, -81.49149
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Standing at a podium, Reverend John Sharp of the First Methodist Church in Brunswick gives the invocation prior to the christening and launching of a Liberty ship. In attendance are the Methodist bishop of North Carolina, G. G. Purcell, along with Mrs. Purcell, and daughter Claire. The ceremony is held in the shipyard of the J.A. Jones Construction Company of Brunswick, Georgia.
"63-2"--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_jaj052
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vsbg_jaj052#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vsbg_jaj052/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 1-52.
- Holding Institution:
- Brunswick-Glynn County Library (Ga.). Special Collections
- Rights: