- Collection:
- Ships for Victory: J.A. Jones Construction Company and Liberty Ships in Brunswick, Georgia
- Title:
- [Photograph of Myrtis Campbell christening the Liberty ship Felix Riesenberg, J.A. Jones Construction Company shipyard, Brunswick, Georgia, 1944 Dec. 14?]
- Date of Original:
- 1944-12-14
- Subject:
- J.A. Jones Construction Company
Felix Riesenberg (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:
- Campbell, Myrtis
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Glynn County, Brunswick, 31.14995, -81.49149
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Myrtis Campbell, wife of office assistant and payroll superintendent Nat M. Campbell, christens the Felix Riesenberg in a ceremony held in the shipyard of the J.A. Jones Construction Company in Brunswick, Georgia. Probably named for American naval historian Felix Riesenberg (1879-1939), the Felix Riesenberg was the seventy-second ship built by the J.A. Jones Construction Company in Brunswick, Georgia. Its keel was laid November 16, 1944. The ship was launched December 14, 1944 and delivered December 26, 1944.
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_jaj086
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vsbg_jaj086#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vsbg_jaj086/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 1-86.
- Holding Institution:
- Brunswick-Glynn County Library (Ga.). Special Collections
- Rights:
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