Lena Horne launching SS George Washington Carver
Launching the liberty ship SS George Washington Carver. Alternate Caption: Lena Horne, African American actress, singer, and sponsor of the SS George Washington Carver, swinging a champagne bottle to christen the Liberty ship SS George Washington Carver as another African American woman looks on, Richmond Shipyard No. 1, Richmond, California, May 7, 1943. Original Caption: The SS George Washington Carver, second liberty ship to be named for an outstanding Negro American, was launched at the Richmond (Cal.) Shipyard No. 1 of the Kaiser Company on May 7, 1943; With the traditional words "I christen thee George Washington Carver," Lena Horne, sponsor of the ship begins the swing with the champagne bottle.
- Date
- 1943-04
- Photographer / author
- E. F. Joseph, U.S. Office of War Information
- Collection
- FSA/OWI
- Archive
- Wikimedia Commons
- Type
- photograph
- Original size
- 737 × 589 pixels
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