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8-Jul-43

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...

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

Black and white photograph of eleven shipwrights at the hull of the S.S. John E. Wilkie, preparing the ship for launching. (Other workers are standing in the distance.) This image is interesting...

8-Jul-43

Photograph made of the speakers platform on the day Mrs. Mary Lew Chinn christened the S.S. John E. Wilkie. In the foreground, with her back to the camera is Doreen Jone, Flower girl, wearing a...

8-Jul-43

A black and white photograph taken at the launching of the S.S. John E. Wilkie, showing G. D. Hom, Bette Chinn (then Bette Lew) child in the foreground, Mrs. Mary Lew Chinn (Sponsor of the ship,...

8-Jul-43

This image was taken after the S.S. John E. Wilkie was launched. It shows Vivian Lew, Mrs. Mary Lew Chinn (Sponsor of the ship) and D. G. Hom standing on the speaker's platform, looking out...

8-Jul-43

This black and white photograph of the S.S. John E. Wilkie on launching day is one of a series of images made the day that Mrs. Mary Chinn (Mary Lew Chinn) was the sponsor of the ship and...

8-Jul-43

This photograph shows the speakers' platform (curved "Deco" styling in red, white and blue) set up infront of the S.S. John E. Wilkie before it was christened by sponsor, Mrs. Mary Lew Chinn....

8-Jul-43

This black and white photograph shows the christening party seated on the speaker's platform, probably before the launching of the S. S. John E. Wilkie at Shipyard Number Two in Richmond,...

8-Jul-43

This photograph, from the series about the launching of the S.S. John E. Wilkie, shows the ship draped in red,. white and blue bunting, with a worker looking down at another worker nearer the keel...

8-Jul-43

This photograph from the series about the launching of the S.S. John E. Wilkie, shows Flower Girl, Doreen Jone, with a bow in her hair and a flower lei around her neck. With her is Maid of Honor...

8-Jul-43

This black and white photograph show Mrs. Mary Lew Chinn, sponsor of the ship, S.S. John E. Wilkie before she christened it. She is wearing an embroidered black silk satin jacket, with an orchid...

8-Jul-43

Black and white photograph of the minister for the launching of the S.S. John E. Wilkie at the Kaiser Shipyard Number Two in Richmond, California. He stands behind a microphone in a dark robe,...

8-Jul-43

This black and white photograph of the S.S. John E. Wilkie on launching day is one of a series of images made the day that Mrs. Mary Chinn [Mary Lew Chinn] was the sponsor of the ship and...

8-Jul-43

The S.S. John E. Wilkie stands in scaffolding at slip 10, with helmeted workers preparing it for launch. There are many other workers doing various tasks and several uniformed guards. A crane is...

8-Jul-43

This image shows the S.S. John E. Wilkie after the christening. The ship has been launched and is in the water of San Francisco Bay immediately adjacent to Shipyard Number Two in Richmond....

8-Jul-43

This photograph shows a portion of the audience attending the launching of the S.S. John E. Wilkie, christened by Mrs. Mary Lew Chinn, sponsor. The audience is varied, but most are in nice street...

8-Jul-43

This black and white photograph showings the launching party for the S.S. John E. Wilkie and Shipyard Number Two, Richmond. Left to right: D. G. Hom, uncle of Mrs. Chinn; pastor; Vivian Lew, Maid...

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