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Mrs. Jessie Matthews Vann (center) holding a bouquet of flowers and flanked by C.C. Spaulding (left), president of the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, and Dr. Emmett J. Scott (right), of the Sun Shipbuilding Company, at the launching of Liberty ship SS Robert L. Vann

1. Mrs. Jessie Matthews Vann (center) holding a bouquet of flowers and flanked by C.C. Spaulding (left), president of the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, and Dr. Emmett J. Scott (right), of the Sun Shipbuilding Company, at the launching of Liberty ship SS Robert L. Vann

Smith, Roger

Keywords:

African American Businesspeople; African American Soldiers; African American Women; African Americans; Armed Forces; Lampkin, Daisy E. (Daisy Elizabeth), 1882 1965; Launchings; Liberty Ships; Portland (Me.); Scott, Emmett J. (Emmett Jay), 1873 1957; Spaulding, C. C. (Charles Clinton), 1874 1952; United States; Women; World War, 1939 1945

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Plato's office staff for Wake and Midway Halls; Samuel Plato, contractor, and part of his office staff at their field headquarters for the construction of Wake and Midway Halls, now being completed for 1,000 Negro women war workers in Washington, D.C.; Left to right [clockwise]: Zelda S. Wilson, Mildred Dunn, Wilhelmena Barnett, Mrs. Elnora Plato (wife of the contractor and his chief accountant), Mr. Plato and Frances Purdy, March 1943

2. Plato's office staff for Wake and Midway Halls; Samuel Plato, contractor, and part of his office staff at their field headquarters for the construction of Wake and Midway Halls, now being completed for 1,000 Negro women war workers in Washington, D.C.; Left to right [clockwise]: Zelda S. Wilson, Mildred Dunn, Wilhelmena Barnett, Mrs. Elnora Plato (wife of the contractor and his chief accountant), Mr. Plato and Frances Purdy, March 1943

Smith, Roger

Keywords:

African American Accountants; African American Businesspeople; African American Women; African Americans; Contractors; Offices; War Work; Women; Women Clerks; World War, 1939 1945

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Review girl cadets at Dunbar High School

3. Review girl cadets at Dunbar High School

Smith, Roger

Keywords:

African American Men; African American Women; African Americans; Cadets; Civil Defense; Education; Saluting; War Work; Washington (D.C.); Women; World War, 1939 1945

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Government hotel for Negro women war workers; A group of young war worker-residents are shown enjoying a game of cards in the fully equipped game room of the Lucy D. Slowe Residence Hall, first government constructed hotels for Negro women war workers in Washington, D.C., between Fall 1942 and April 1943

4. Government hotel for Negro women war workers; A group of young war worker-residents are shown enjoying a game of cards in the fully equipped game room of the Lucy D. Slowe Residence Hall, first government constructed hotels for Negro women war workers in Washington, D.C., between Fall 1942 and April 1943

Smith, Roger

Keywords:

African American Women; African Americans; Card Games; Defense Industry; Discrimination; Discrimination In Housing; Housing; Segregation; War Work; Washington (D.C.); Women; Women In War; World War, 1939 1945

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Negro women help beautify nation's capital

5. Negro women help beautify nation's capital

Smith, Roger

Keywords:

African American Women; African Americans; Defense Industry; Raking (Sweeping); United States; United States Botanic Garden; War Work; Washington (D.C.); Women; Women Gardeners; Women In War

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Washington, D.C., public schools go to war

6. Washington, D.C., public schools go to war

Smith, Roger

Keywords:

African American Women; African Americans; Defense Industry; Lathes; Machine Shops; Vocational School Students; War Work; Washington (D.C.); Women

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Wise Shoppers Start Home; The family starts home; To stretch their points they have bought fresh fruits and vegetables and more cereals than they used to eat; The boy and girl have been helpful to their mother because they've learned that rationing and price control help them get a fair share of scarce foods

7. Wise Shoppers Start Home; The family starts home; To stretch their points they have bought fresh fruits and vegetables and more cereals than they used to eat; The boy and girl have been helpful to their mother because they've learned that rationing and price control help them get a fair share of scarce foods

United States. Office of War Information Smith, Roger

Keywords:

African American Boys; African American Families; African American Girls; African American Women; African Americans; Rationing; Shopping Bags; War Work; Women; World War, 1939 1945

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