[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

Item

Title
[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
Description
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.
Format
image/jpeg
Date
1943/1945
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
Sharp, John, Rev.||Purcell, G. G.||Purcell, G. G., Mrs.||Purcell, Claire
Type
StillImage
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