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Title
Skilled women workers helped build SS George Washington Carver.
Additional title: [Four African American women, welders employed to work on the Liberty ship SS George Washington Carver, kneeling and holding welding equipment, Kaiser Shipyards, Richmond, California, ca. 1943.]
Names
United States. Office of War Information (Sponsor)
Joseph, E. F. (Photographer)
Collection

Occupations

War industry workers

War Industry workers- Women

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1943 (Approximate)
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Occupations
Topics
War work
African American women
Defense industry
African American women
War work
Women welders
Richmond (Calif.)
Liberty ships
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Content: Original negative #: 28676; Schomburg copy negative #: SC-CN-86-0315; Caption on back: With nearly 1,000 Negro women employed as burners, welders, scalers and in other capacities at the Kaiser Shipyards in Richmond, Calif., women war workers played an important part in the construction of the Liberty Ship, SS George Washington Carver, launched on May 7, 1943. Welders Alivia Scott, Hattie Carpenter and Flossie Burtos await an opportunity to weld their first piece of steel on the ship."
Physical Description
Extent: 1 photographic print: gelatin silver, 8 x 10 in.
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b16181531
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG03-F224
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 36a3bde0-c6d1-012f-1fc8-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1943: Created
  • 2016: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Skilled women workers helped build SS George Washington Carver." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1943. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47dd-c69e-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Skilled women workers helped build SS George Washington Carver." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 10, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47dd-c69e-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1943). Skilled women workers helped build SS George Washington Carver. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47dd-c69e-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Wikipedia Citation

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Skilled women workers helped build SS George Washington Carver.