[Photograph of Hugh F. Aiken at the launching of the Liberty ship Thomas Butler King, J.A. Jones Construction Company shipyard, Brunswick, Georgia, 1944 Aug. 7?] Hugh F. Aiken with portrait of Thomas Butler King

Item

Title

[Photograph of Hugh F. Aiken at the launching of the Liberty ship Thomas Butler King, J.A. Jones Construction Company shipyard, Brunswick, Georgia, 1944 Aug. 7?] Hugh F. Aiken with portrait of Thomas Butler King

Description

Hugh F. Aiken on left with portrait of Thomas Butler King at the launching of the Thomas Butler King Liberty ship from the J.A. Jones Construction Company shipyard in Brunswick, Georgia. On the right, the unidentified man might possibly be Nat M. Campbell, executive assistant, and later, a payroll superintendent for the J.A. Jones Construction Company. The edges of the photograph have yellowed. Named for Coastal Georgia planter and politician Thomas Butler King (1800-1864), the ship was the fiftieth constructed in Brunswick by the J.A. Jones Construction Company. Its keel was laid June 23, 1944. The ship was launched August 7, 1944 and delivered August 19, 1944.||"50-5"--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

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Date

1944-08-07

Extent

1 photograph : b&w

Medium

black-and-white photographs

Subject

J.A. Jones Construction Company

Thomas Butler King (Ship)

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

King, T. Butler (Thomas Butler), 1800-1864||Aiken, Hugh F.||Campbell, Nat M.

Type

StillImage

Is Referenced By

https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vsbg_jaj030

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

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