Photo, Print, Drawing Production. Launching of the SS Booker T. Washington. Marian Anderson, celebrated contralto, and Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune, Director of Negro Affairs, National Youth Administration (NYA), at the launching of the SS Booker T. Washington, first Liberty Ship named for a Negro, at the California Shipbuilding Corporation's yards intermediary roll film

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Title
Production. Launching of the SS Booker T. Washington. Marian Anderson, celebrated contralto, and Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune, Director of Negro Affairs, National Youth Administration (NYA), at the launching of the SS Booker T. Washington, first Liberty Ship named for a Negro, at the California Shipbuilding Corporation's yards
Contributor Names
Palmer, Alfred T., photographer
United States. Office of War Information.
Created / Published
1942 Sept. 29.
Subject Headings
-  United States--California--Los Angeles County--Wilmington
Headings
Safety film negatives.
Genre
Safety film negatives
Notes
-  Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches).
-  Title and other information from caption card.
-  Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
-  More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
-  Film copy on SIS roll 32, frame 289.
Medium
1 negative : safety ; 4 x 5 inches or smaller.
Call Number/Physical Location
LC-USE6- D-007654 [P&P]
Source Collection
Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection (Library of Congress)
Repository
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id
fsa 8b05209 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8b05209
Library of Congress Control Number
2017695234
Reproduction Number
LC-USE6-D-007654 (b&w film neg.)
Online Format
image
LCCN Permalink
https://lccn.loc.gov/2017695234
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MODS Record
Dublin Core Record

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United States Office Of War Information, Palmer, Alfred T, photographer. Production. Launching of the SS Booker T. Washington. Marian Anderson, celebrated contralto, and Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune, Director of Negro Affairs, National Youth Administration NYA, at the launching of the SS Booker T. Washington, first Liberty Ship named for a Negro, at the California Shipbuilding Corporation's yards. United States Wilmington Los Angeles County California Wilmington, 1942. Sept. 29. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2017695234/.

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United States Office Of War Information, Palmer, A. T., photographer. (1942) Production. Launching of the SS Booker T. Washington. Marian Anderson, celebrated contralto, and Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune, Director of Negro Affairs, National Youth Administration NYA, at the launching of the SS Booker T. Washington, first Liberty Ship named for a Negro, at the California Shipbuilding Corporation's yards. United States Wilmington Los Angeles County California Wilmington, 1942. Sept. 29. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2017695234/.

MLA citation style:

United States Office Of War Information, photographer by Palmer, Alfred T. Production. Launching of the SS Booker T. Washington. Marian Anderson, celebrated contralto, and Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune, Director of Negro Affairs, National Youth Administration NYA, at the launching of the SS Booker T. Washington, first Liberty Ship named for a Negro, at the California Shipbuilding Corporation's yards. Sept. 29. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2017695234/>.

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