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Virginia Shipbuilding Corp., Alexandria, Va. Betsy Bell after launching, May 24, 1919; G – Historic Photograph Print

Virginia Shipbuilding Corp., Alexandria, Va. Betsy Bell after launching, May 24, 1919; G, 1919 May 24. — historic photograph
Virginia Shipbuilding Corp., Alexandria, Va. Betsy Bell after launching, May 24, 1919; G, 1919 May 24.. Historic photograph from the National Photo Company collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Virginia Shipbuilding Corp., Alexandria, Va. Betsy Bell after launching, May 24, 1919; G. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Virginia Shipbuilding Corp., Alexandria, Va. Betsy Bell after launching, May 24, 1919; G

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A ship named Betsy Bell, photographed just after her launch at the Virginia Shipbuilding Corporation yard in Alexandria on May 24, 1919. The picture dates to the wartime shipbuilding rush, when federal officials pushed yards to launch merchant vessels as quickly as they could be built. The National Photo Company made this glass negative, which came to the Library of Congress as a gift in 1947, and its faint streaks and blemishes reflect the natural deterioration of the original coating.

Created / published1919 May 24.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller.
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesTitle from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings. Temp. note: Batch seven.
SubjectsUnited States--Virginia--Alexandria.
SourceLibrary of Congress, National Photo Company Collection
Original scan6,449 × 5,111 px · prints to 21 × 17 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-NPC-260049

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