Item Information

Frances Perkins shakes hands with workers at Todd Shipyards

Dublin Core

Title

Frances Perkins shakes hands with workers at Todd Shipyards

Subject

Perkins, Frances, 1880-1965
Todd Shipyards Corporation

Description

Frances Perkins wrote on the verso of the photograph above left: “The first view of Henry Kaiser’s latest Mud & hope.” His Richmond shipyard became famous for producing cargo ships, known as Liberty ships, on the average of one every 45 days, and by November, 1942, production had been cut to just 14 and ½ days.

Date

March 29, 1941

Language

eng

Coverage

Todd Shipyards Richmond, CA

Additional Item Metadata

Provenance

Gift of Frances Perkins

MODS

Key Date

1941-03-29

Type of Date

ex

Place of Origin

Richmond, California

Form/Genre

photographs

Repository Name

nnc-rb

Shelf Location

Box 100, Envelope Unidentified

Language of Cataloging

eng

Digital Origin

rd

Collection

Frances Perkins Papers

Citation

“Frances Perkins shakes hands with workers at Todd Shipyards,” Columbia University Libraries Online Exhibitions, accessed March 28, 2024, https://exhibitions.library.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/perkins/item/343.

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