- Collection:
- Ships for Victory: J.A. Jones Construction Company and Liberty Ships in Brunswick, Georgia
- Title:
- [Photograph of Edwin L. Jones, Sr. holding a commemorative plaque honoring the Bronx Division of American Women's Voluntary Services, J.A. Jones Construction Company shipyard, Brunswick, Georgia, 1943-1945?]
- Date of Original:
- 1943/1945
- Subject:
- J.A. Jones Construction Company
American Women's Voluntary Services. Bronx Division
Liberty ships--Georgia--Brunswick
Ships--Launching
Shipbuilding--Georgia--Brunswick
Shipyards--Georgia--Brunswick
Rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Brunswick
United States--Social life and customs
Savings bonds--New York
World War, 1939-1945--War work
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American - People:
- Jones, Edwin L.
- 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 during a ceremonial launching in the J.A. Jones Company shipyard in Brunswick, Georgia, Edwin L. Jones Sr. (then Vice President of J.A. Jones Construction Company and later President) holds a plaque commemorating the sponsorship of a Liberty ship. The plaque reads: "This Liberty ship sponsored and made possible by the war bond purchases of the Bronx Division of American Women's Voluntary Services." Two women behind Kratt stand against the platform railings (one woman is almost completely obscured); Liberty ship scaffolding can be seen in the background.
"60-2?"--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_jaj055
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vsbg_jaj055#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vsbg_jaj055/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 1-55.
- Holding Institution:
- Brunswick-Glynn County Library (Ga.). Special Collections
- Rights:
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