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1. Palmer, Alfred T. Production. Launching of the SS Booker T. Washington. Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune, Director of Negro Affairs, National Youth Administration (NYA); an identified member of the local committee; Marian Anderson, celebrated contralto; Dr. William J. Thompkins, Recorder of Deeds, Washington, D.C.; Reverend F.D. Jordon, Los Angeles; and Mrs. Portia Washington Pittman, only living daughter of Booker T. Washington, wave farewell as the Liberty Ship named for the great Negro educator and leader, slides down the ways at the California Shipbuilding Corporation's yards at Wilmington, California 1942 Sept. 29.

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2. Palmer, Alfred T. Construction of the liberty ship "Booker T. Washington." Howard Glover, right, and T.W. Cole, left, are shown fabricating the second deck of the "Booker T. Washington," first liberty ship named for a Negro at the California Shipbuilding Corporation's yards 1942 Sept

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3. Harris & Ewing WASHINGTON, BOOKER T

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4. Harris & Ewing WASHINGTON, BOOKER T

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5. Harris & Ewing WASHINGTON, BOOKER T

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6. Palmer, Alfred T. Production. Launching of the SS Booker T. Washington. First Liberty Ship named for a Negro, the SS Booker T. Washington is shown at the California Shipbuilding Corporation's yards a short time before it was christened by Marian Anderson, the celebrated contralto. The cargo vessel was placed in command of Captain Hugh Mulzac, a Negro skipper 1942 Sept. 29.

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7. Palmer, Alfred T. Production. Launching of the SS Booker T. Washington. First Liberty Ship named for a Negro, the SS Booker T. Washington is shown at the California Shipbuilding Corporation's yards a short time before it was christened by Marian Anderson, the celebrated contralto. The cargo vessel was placed in command of Captain Hugh Mulzac, a Negro skipper 1942 Sept. 29.

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8. Palmer, Alfred T. Production. Launching of the SS Booker T. Washington. Shipyard workers of many racial groups which helped construct the SS Booker T. Washington, first Liberty Ship named for a Negro, wave from the deck of the vessel a short time before it was launched at the California Shipbuilding Corporation's yard on September 29, 1942 1942 Sept. 29.

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9. Palmer, Alfred T. Production. Launching of the SS Booker T. Washington. Marian Anderson, celebrated contralto who sponsored the SS Booker T. Washington, and Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune, Director of Negro Affairs, National Youth Administration (NYA), are shown with a group of Negroes workmen who helped construct the first Liberty Ship named for a Negro at the California Shipbuilding Corporation's yards at Wilmington, California 1942 Sept. 29.

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10. Palmer, Alfred T. Production. Launching of the SS Booker T. Washington. Two Negro welders, representative of the workers of many racial groups which helped construct the first Liberty Ship named for a Negro, prepare to cut the steel plates which released the SS Booker T. Washington down the ways at its launching on September 29, 1942, at the California Shipbuilding Corporation's Wilmington yards 1942 Sept. 29.

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11. Palmer, Alfred T. Construction of the liberty ship "Booker T. Washington." This general view of three shipways at the California Shipbuilding Corporation's yards shows three sister ships of the "Booker T. Washington," first liberty ship named for a Negro, being rushed to completion 1942 Sept

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12. Palmer, Alfred T. Production. Launching of the SS Booker T. Washington. The SS Booker T. Washington, first Liberty Ship named for a Negro is shown at the California Shipbuilding Corporation's yards. Marian Anderson, celebrated contralto, christened the ship which was named for the noted Negro educator 1942 Sept. 29.

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13. Palmer, Alfred T. Production. Launching of the SS Booker T. Washington. The SS Booker T. Washington, first Liberty Ship named for a Negro is shown at the fitting-out pier a short time after it was launched at the California Shipbuilding Corporation's yards. Marian Anderson, celebrated contralto, christened the ship which was named for the noted Negro educator 1942 Sept. 29.

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14. Palmer, Alfred T. Production. Launching of the SS Booker T. Washington. America needs ships to carry its guns and tanks and planes to the battlefronts of the world. A few minutes after the SS Booker T. Washington, first Liberty Ship named for a Negro, was launched at the California Shipbuilding Corporation's Wilmington yards, workmen were busy laying the keel for a new ship in America's growing Victory Fleet 1942 Sept. 29.

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15. Palmer, Alfred T. Production. Launching of the SS Booker T. Washington. America's salvage campaign extends even into her shipyards. A workman is shown salvaging grease from the skids at the Wilmington yards of the California Shipbuilding Corporation a few minutes after the SS Booker T. Washington, first Liberty Ship named after a Negro, was launched on September 29, 1942 1942 Sept. 29.

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16. Palmer, Alfred T. Production. Launching of the SS Booker T. Washington. First Liberty Ship named for a Negro, the SS Booker T. Washington is shown at the California Shipbuilding Corporation's yards a short time before it was christened by Marian Anderson, the celebrated contralto. The cargo vessel was placed in command of Captain Hugh Mulzac, a Negro skipper 1942 Sept. 29.

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17. Palmer, Alfred T. Production. Launching of the SS Booker T. Washington. First Liberty Ship named for a Negro, the SS Booker T. Washington is shown at the California Shipbuilding Corporation's yards a short time before it was christened by Marian Anderson, the celebrated contralto. The cargo vessel was placed in command of Captain Hugh Mulzac, a Negro skipper 1942 Sept. 29.

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18. Palmer, Alfred T. Production. Launching of the SS Booker T. Washington. Marian Anderson, celebrated contralto, and Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune, Director of Negro Affairs, National Youth Administration (NYA), at the launching of the SS Booker T. Washington, first Liberty Ship named for a Negro, at the California Shipbuilding Corporation's yards 1942 Sept. 29.

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19. Palmer, Alfred T. Production. Launching of the SS Booker T. Washington. Shipyard workers of many racial groups which helped construct the SS Booker T. Washington, first Liberty Ship named for a Negro, wave from the deck of the vessel a short time before it was launched at the California Shipbuilding Corporation's yard on September 29, 1942 1942 Sept. 29.

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20. Palmer, Alfred T. Construction of the liberty ship "Booker T. Washington." Jesse Kermit Lucas, experienced Negro welder at the California Shipbuilding Corporation's yards, is shown instructing his white welder apprentice, Rodney Gail Chesney, as the two work on the "Booker T. Washington," first liberty ship named for a Negro 1942 Sept

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