- Collection:
- Ships for Victory: J.A. Jones Construction Company and Liberty Ships in Brunswick, Georgia
- Title:
- [Photograph of the kitchen crew preparing dinner with Santa looking on, J.A. Jones Construction Company shipyard, Brunswick, Georgia, 1944 Dec. 25]
- Date of Original:
- 1944-12-25
- Subject:
- J.A. Jones Construction Company
Kitchens--Georgia--Brunswick
Kitchen utensils--Georgia--Brunswick
Pots--Georgia--Brunswick
Christmas cookery--Georgia--Brunswick
Santa Claus--Georgia--Brunswick
Christmas--Georgia--Brunswick
Shipbuilding industry--Employees
Liberty ships--Georgia--Brunswick
Shipbuilding--Georgia--Brunswick
Shipyards--Georgia--Brunswick
United States--Social life and customs
World War, 1939-1945--War work
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American - People:
- Campbell, Nat M.
Zell, Carley
Mon, George
Morton, Duncan - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Glynn County, Brunswick, 31.14995, -81.49149
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- An impromptu kitchen crew helps prepare Christmas dinner for all shipyard workers of the J.A. Jones Construction Company in Brunswick, Georgia, who worked without pay on Christmas Day, 1944, as an act of support for Allied military personnel worldwide. The free meal was provided by Carley Zell. Front, with both hands in flour: Nat M. Campbell, office assistant and payroll superintendent, and a payroll superintendent and war bonds chairman (unknown). Back: George Mon, a director of shipyard security (unknown), Duncan Morton, Santa, and a security guard (unknown).
Truncated number in lower right corner of 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_jaj090
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vsbg_jaj090#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vsbg_jaj090/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, Special Christmas subseries, notebook 2, photograph 2-4.
- Holding Institution:
- Brunswick-Glynn County Library (Ga.). Special Collections
- Rights:
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