[Photograph of the Reverend John Sharp giving an invocation at a Liberty ship launching, J.A. Jones Construction Company shipyard, Brunswick, Georgia, 1943/1945?] Rev. John Sharp gives invocation
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Title
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[Photograph of the Reverend John Sharp giving an invocation at a Liberty ship launching, J.A. Jones Construction Company shipyard, Brunswick, Georgia, 1943/1945?] Rev. John Sharp gives invocation
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Description
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Standing at a podium, Reverend John Sharp of the First Methodist Church in Brunswick gives the invocation prior to the christening and launching of a Liberty ship. In attendance are the Methodist bishop of North Carolina, G. G. Purcell, along with Mrs. Purcell, and daughter Claire. The ceremony is held in the shipyard of the J.A. Jones Construction Company of Brunswick, Georgia.||"63-2"--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.
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Format
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image/jpeg
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Date
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1943/1945
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Extent
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1 photograph : b&w
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Medium
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black-and-white photographs
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Subject
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J.A. Jones Construction Company
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Liberty ships--Georgia--Brunswick
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Ships--Launching
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Shipbuilding--Georgia--Brunswick
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Shipyards--Georgia--Brunswick
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Rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Brunswick
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United States--Social life and customs
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World War, 1939-1945--War work
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World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American
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Sharp, John, Rev.||Purcell, G. G.||Purcell, G. G., Mrs.||Purcell, Claire
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Type
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StillImage
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Bibliographic Citation
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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
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Source
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Brunswick-Glynn County Library (Ga.). Special Collections
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Spatial Coverage
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United States, Georgia, Glynn County, Brunswick, 31.14995, -81.49149
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