[Photograph of Emil J. Kratt giving a speech at the launching of a Liberty ship, J.A. Jones Construction Company shipyard, Brunswick, Georgia, 1943] Mr. Emil J. Kratt
Item
- Title
- [Photograph of Emil J. Kratt giving a speech at the launching of a Liberty ship, J.A. Jones Construction Company shipyard, Brunswick, Georgia, 1943] Mr. Emil J. Kratt
- Description
- Emil J. Kratt, general manager, standing at podium speaking before the launching of a Liberty ship from the shipyard of the J.A. Jones Construction Company in Brunswick, Georgia. The podium is covered in patriotic bunting; beneath the lectern is a poster with the U.S. Maritime Commission insignia that reads "Ships for Victory " along with the urging of "Speed--More Speed" by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The dais behind Kratt is comprised of officers and dignitaries.||"2416"--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.
- Format
- image/jpeg
- Date
- 1943
- Extent
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Medium
- black-and-white photographs
- Subject
- J.A. Jones Construction Company
- Liberty ships--Georgia--Brunswick
- Ships--Launching
- Shipbuilding--Georgia--Brunswick
- Shipyards--Georgia--Brunswick
- Rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Brunswick
- United States--Social life and customs
- World War, 1939-1945--War work
- World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American
- Kratt, Emil J.
- Type
- StillImage
- Is Referenced By
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vsbg_jaj026
- Bibliographic Citation
- 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
- Source
- Brunswick-Glynn County Library (Ga.). Special Collections
- Spatial Coverage
- United States, Georgia, Glynn County, Brunswick, 31.14995, -81.49149
- Site pages
- Image Index
- Media
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