2006.61.9

This black and white photograph of the launcing of the S.S. John E. Wilkie, at Kaiser's Richmond Shipyard Number Two, appears to have been made just after the christening, as the ship is slipping into the water. All eyes are focused at the same distant point (off camera to the proper left). Foreground is Flower Girl Doreen Jone, Maid of Honor Vivian Lew, A Kaiser Corporation official standing behind Mrs. Mary Lew Chinn, the pastor and D. G. Hom. The shipyard and the Richmond hills are visible in the background.

Used: souvenir