[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. &amp; Mrs. Ellis Arnall

[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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