African American worker Richmond Shipyards
An African American worker at the Richmond Shipyards, Richmond, California, USA. Original Caption: Rushing the SS George Washington Carver to completion. Negro skilled workers played an important part in the construction of the SS George Washington Carver, second Liberty Ship named for a Negro, in the Richmond Shipyard No. 1 of the Kaiser Company. Approximately 1,000 Negro women are included among the more than 6,000 colored workers in the four Kaiser shipyards at Richmond. Miss Anna Bland, a burner, is shown at work on the SS George Washington Carver
- Date
- 1943-04
- Photographer / author
- E. F. Joseph
- Collection
- FSA/OWI
- Archive
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- photograph
- Original size
- 3,675 × 4,713 pixels
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Reason: a US government work (Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information).
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"African American worker Richmond Shipyards" (1943-04). E. F. Joseph. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:African_American_worker_Richmond_Shipyards.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 116246.
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