The online collection consists of eighty-four black-and-white photographs from the J.A. Jones Construction Company collection at the Brunswick-Glynn County Library that depict the company’s World War II cargo ship building activities in its Brunswick, Georgia shipyard from 1943 to 1945. The images document the life cycle of the Liberty and Knot ships built in Brunswick: from keel-laying and hull construction to christening and launch. Construction techniques are visible in many of the photographs, and several images feature the shipyard’s male and female laborers and management staff. In addition, the launch photographs feature ship sponsors and other dignitaries. Of particular note is a series of photographs depicting Christmas Day, 1944, when the shipyard workers volunteered to work through the holiday, donating their time-and-a-half pay as a Christmas gift to the nation.
Brunswick-Glynn County Library (Ga.). Special Collections.
Medium
Aerial photographs, Black-and-white photographs
Creator:
J.A. Jones Construction Company
Date of Original:
1943/1945
Subject:
Liberty ships--Georgia--Brunswick
J.A. Jones Construction Company--Employees
Shipbuilding industry--Georgia--Brunswick
World War, 1939-1945--Equipment and supplies
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American
World War, 1939-1945--War work--Georgia--Brunswick
Location:
United States, Georgia, Glynn County, Brunswick, 31.1499528, -81.4914894
Type:
StillImage
Description:
Ships for Victory: J.A. Jones Construction Company and Liberty Ships in Brunswick, Georgia consists of eighty-four black-and-white photographs from the J.A. Jones Construction Company collection at the Brunswick-Glynn County Library that depict the companys World War II cargo ship building activities in its Brunswick, Georgia shipyard from 1943 to 1945. The images document the life cycle of the Liberty and Knot ships built in Brunswick: from keel-laying and hull construction to christening and launch. Construction techniques are visible in many of the photographs, and several images feature the shipyard's male and female laborers and management staff. In addition, the launch photographs feature ship sponsors and other dignitaries. Of particular note is a series of photographs depicting Christmas Day, 1944, when the shipyard workers volunteered to work through the holiday, donating their time-and-a-half pay as a Christmas gift to the nation. The site also contains a historical essay, table of the ships constructed by J.A. Jones Construction Company from 1943 to 1945 in Brunswick, a finding aid for the photographs series from which the images were selected, a bibliography, and lists of related archival materials and Web sites.
Original photographs scanned by the Brunswick-Glynn County Library. Described by the Digital Library of Georgia as a part of Georgia HomePLACE: an initiative of the Georgia Public Library Service and GALILEO.
Metadata URL:
http://www.galileo.usg.edu/express?link=vsbg
Original Collection:
Photographs held by the Special Collections, Brunswick-Glynn County Library, Three Rivers Regional Library System, J.A. Jones Construction Company collection, Photographs series
Rights:
Ships for Victory is a project of the Digital Library of Georgia in association with the Three Rivers Regional Library System as part of Georgia HomePLACE. The project is supported with federal LSTA funds administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Georgia Public Library Service, a unit of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.