MAKE A MEME View Large Image 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 ...
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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).
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