- Collection:
- Ships for Victory: J.A. Jones Construction Company and Liberty Ships in Brunswick, Georgia
- Title:
- [Photograph of Santa touring the J.A. Jones Construction Company shipyards and helping with dinner, Brunswick, Georgia, 1944 Dec. 25?]
- Date of Original:
- 1944-12-25
- Subject:
- J.A. Jones Construction Company
Santa Claus--Georgia--Brunswick
Christmas cookery--Georgia--Brunswick
Kitchens--Georgia--Brunswick
Kitchen utensils--Georgia--Brunswick
Pots--Georgia--Brunswick
Christmas--Georgia--Brunswick
Shipbuilding industry--Employees
Liberty ships--Georgia--Brunswick
Shipbuilding--Georgia--Brunswick
Shipyards--Georgia--Brunswick
United States--Social life and customs
Fire extinguishers--Georgia--Brunswick
Railroads--Trains
World War, 1939-1945--War work
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American - People:
- Kratt, Emil J.
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Glynn County, Brunswick, 31.14995, -81.49149
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Santa tours the shipyard and donates his time to help prepare Christmas dinner for the shipyard workers of the J.A. Jones Construction Company in Brunswick, Georgia. The image includes two different photographs separated by a diagonal border that runs across the center of the page. The top half of the image is of Santa sitting inside of a train with the number "2" painted across the door; the bottom image is of Santa and several men (including Emil J. Kratt, general manager) in a kitchen stirring several large pots.
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_jaj091
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vsbg_jaj091#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vsbg_jaj091/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 2-5.
- Holding Institution:
- Brunswick-Glynn County Library (Ga.). Special Collections
- Rights:
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