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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 comma
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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 comma

Palmer, Alfred T., United States. Office Of War Information · 1942 · photo, print, drawing

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Credit lineProduction. 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 . 1942. Palmer, Alfred T., United States. Office Of War Information. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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