Keywords: blackandwhite monochrome indoor black and white Lot-4263-25: The Honorable Frank Knox, Secretary of the Navy, presents the first official insignia to be awarded as part of the current shipbuilding program to Mr. Blair Blanton , of Newport News, Virginia. Mr. Blanton has been a shipworker for forty-three years and for the past forty-one years has been associated with the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company. He is a veteran of the Spanish-American War. The lapel insignia, a small pin depicting a ship with gold superstructure and white hull, will be presented to every shipworker throughout the country building vessels for the U.S. Navy and Maritime Commission. The workers of the prize-winning shipyards will be presented with the same type of insignia except that the ship’s hull be red, not white. Left to right: Rear Admiral Henry A. Wiley, Industrial Section, Office of Public Relations; Mrs. Blair Blanton; Mr. Blair Blanton; Secretary of the Navy, Frank Knox, Rear Admiral Bryson Bruce, Bureau of Ships. Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox Collection. Photographed through Mylar sleeve. (2015/11/20). Lot-4263-25: The Honorable Frank Knox, Secretary of the Navy, presents the first official insignia to be awarded as part of the current shipbuilding program to Mr. Blair Blanton , of Newport News, Virginia. Mr. Blanton has been a shipworker for forty-three years and for the past forty-one years has been associated with the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company. He is a veteran of the Spanish-American War. The lapel insignia, a small pin depicting a ship with gold superstructure and white hull, will be presented to every shipworker throughout the country building vessels for the U.S. Navy and Maritime Commission. The workers of the prize-winning shipyards will be presented with the same type of insignia except that the ship’s hull be red, not white. Left to right: Rear Admiral Henry A. Wiley, Industrial Section, Office of Public Relations; Mrs. Blair Blanton; Mr. Blair Blanton; Secretary of the Navy, Frank Knox, Rear Admiral Bryson Bruce, Bureau of Ships. Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox Collection. Photographed through Mylar sleeve. (2015/11/20). |