christening

8-Jul-43

Vertical standing box of brown wood, with three vertical clear glass panels, inside of which is suspended the cloth wrapped (red, white and blue) champagne bottle broken by Mary Chinn on the S.S....

5-Aug-43

A: Letter addressed to Mrs. Mary Lew Chinn of Oakland, from John D. Starling, Director, Public Relations, The Permanente Metals Corporation [Kaiser Shipyard Number Two, Richmond], thanking her for...

8-Jul-43

This black and white photograph captures the classic ship launching moment when the bottle of champagne breaks, spuing champagne all over the ship sponsor, in this case, Mrs. Mary Lew Chinn....

8-Jul-43

This black and white photograph shows Mrs. Mary Lew Chinn, red, white and blue ribbon covered champagne bottle in hand, taking aim at the S.S. John E. Wilkie, just before she launches the ship....

8-Jul-43

Three tickets to the launching of the "S.S. John E. Wilkie [at] Shipyard Number Two (Permanente Metals Corporation, 1941), Admit Bearer and Party to Launching Platform." These are souvenirs from...

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