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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
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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

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. The SS Booker T. Washington, first Liberty Ship named for a Negro is shown at the California Shipbuilding Corporation's yards. Marian Anderson, ce. 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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