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[African American laborers at the Richmond shipyards].
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[African American laborers at the Richmond shipyards]Creator/Contributor:
Joseph, E. F. (Emmanuel Francis), 1900 or 1901-1979, creator, photographer.Creator/Contributor:
E.F. Joseph StudiosAbstract:
Press photographs documenting the work of African Americans at the Kaiser Shipyards in Richmond, California during World War
II. Also includes one photograph of shipyard worker and soloist Marcus Hall, protege of Roland Hayes, singing at the christening
of the S.S.S. Hall Young.
Date:
1943 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caAfrican Americans -- California -- Richmond -- Photographs
Shipbuilding industry -- California -- Richmond -- Employees -- Photographs
Noirs américains -- Californie -- Richmond -- Photographies
African Americans
Shipbuilding industry -- Employees
California -- Richmond
Kaiser Shipyards (Richmond, Calif.) -- Photographs
Kaiser Shipyards (Richmond, Calif.)
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Title devised by cataloger.
Photographer's stamp present on 3 prints: "E. F. Joseph Studios... 384 50th Street, Oakland, Calif." Stamps are dated 1943.
E. F. Joseph (November 8, 1900-September 27, 1979): born St. Lucia, West Indies; attended American School of Photography of
Illinois; considered the first professional African American photographer to operate a studio in the San Francisco Bay Area;
worked for the Pittsburg Courier, California Voice, San Francisco Chronicle and Oakland Post-Enquirer.
Type:
graphicPhotographs.
Physical Description:
photoprint
6 photographs in 1 folder : gelatin silver prints ; sheets 26 x 21 cm (8 x 10 format)
Language:
English