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Title
Navy honors Negro hero.
Additional title: Three African American men, welders employed at the Fore River Yard of the Bethlehem Steel Company's plant in Quincy, Massachusetts, shaking hands with one another at the ship launching of the Destroyer Escort, the SS Harmon, July 25, 1943
Names
United States. Office of War Information (Sponsor)
Smith, Roger (Photographer)
Collection

Occupations

War industry workers

War Industry workers- Men

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1943-07
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Occupations
Topics
War work
Defense industry
Launchings
Welders (Persons)
Destroyer escorts
Bethlehem Steel Company
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Content: Schomburg copy negative #: SC-CN-82-0070; Caption on back: "Three Negro welders employed at the Fore River Yard of the Bethlehem Steel Company's plant at Quincy, Mass., were among the thousands of workers to witness the launching of the Destroyer Escort, the SS Harmon on July 25. The vessel was named for the late Leonard Roy Harmon, Mess Attendant First Class, who was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously for "Extraordinary Heroism" while serving aboard the USS San Francisco. The welders in the photo are James C. Toppin, Garfield P. White and Robert Fairhurst."
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): 2fb2e640-c6d1-012f-385a-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. "Navy honors Negro hero." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1943. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-fa5b-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Navy honors Negro hero." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 10, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-fa5b-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1943). Navy honors Negro hero. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-fa5b-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Navy honors Negro hero.