Mrs. Edith Savoy Morgan, daughter of the late Edward A. Savoy, christens the Liberty ship SS Edward A. Savoy by breaking a bottle of champagne against its hull while others look on, Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard
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@ Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division. The New York Public Library
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Caption on back: "The thirteenth liberty ship to be named for an American Negro the SS Edward A. Savoy, was launched on July 19 at the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Md.; Mrs. Edith Savoy Morgan of Washington, D. C., daughter of the late Mr. Savoy, was the sponsor, and is shown as she was General Superintendent of the yard.
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Photographs Gelatin Silver Prints
1944 07 16