Title:
Marian Anderson christens the liberty ship Booker T. Washington
Creator/Contributor:
Daily News (Los Angeles, Calif. : firm), Publisher
Date:
1942
Subject:
African American singers
Shipbuilding
Liberty ships
San Pedro (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993
Note:
Marian Anderson, the great American opera contralto, prepares to christen the Brooker T. Washington
The Booker T. Washington was the first major oceangoing vessel to be named after an African American. She was built by the
California Shipbuilding Corporation on Terminal Island, and launched in 1942
Type:
news photographs
Physical Description:
1 photograph : b&w negative ; 10 x 12.5 cm
Identifier:
uclamss_1387_b10_28752-2
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