[Photograph of Mildred DeLaney Slemons Arnall christening the Liberty ship Joseph R. Lamar, J.A. Jones Construction Company shipyard, Brunswick, Georgia, 1943 Apr. 29] Gov. & Mrs. Ellis Arnall

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Title

[Photograph of Mildred DeLaney Slemons Arnall christening the Liberty ship Joseph R. Lamar, J.A. Jones Construction Company shipyard, Brunswick, Georgia, 1943 Apr. 29] Gov. & Mrs. Ellis Arnall

Description

Mildred DeLaney Slemons Arnall, wife of Governor Ellis Arnall of Georgia, christening the Joseph R. Lamar during a ceremonial Liberty ship launching in the shipyard of the J.A. Jones Construction Company in Brunswick, Georgia. The governor stands behind her as she begins to swing the bottle. Named for U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Joseph Rucker Lamar (1857-1916), the ship was the third constructed in Brunswick by the J.A. Jones Construction Company. Its keel was laid April 17, 1943. The ship was launched April 29, 1943 and delivered June 17, 1943. 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

1943-04-29

Extent

1 photograph : b&w

Medium

black-and-white photographs

Subject

J.A. Jones Construction Company

Joseph R. Lamar (Ship)

Liberty ships--Georgia--Brunswick

Ships--Launching

Shipbuilding--Georgia--Brunswick

Shipyards--Georgia--Brunswick

Rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Brunswick

United States--Social life and customs

Champagne (Wine)

Wine bottles--Georgia--Brunswick

World War, 1939-1945--War work

World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American

Arnall, Ellis Gibbs, 1907-1992||Arnall, Mildred Delaney Slemons, d. 1980

Type

StillImage

Is Referenced By

https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vsbg_jaj031

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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Liberty Ships

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