Margaret Hutchinson Compton and others at boat launch, 1945

Object summary

Title: Margaret Hutchinson Compton and others at boat launch, 1945
Object ID: GCP-00007334
Date made: 1945-05-12
Place made: United States, Maryland, Baltimore, Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard
Maker: Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard Incorporated
Object type: Photograph
Major collection: MIT History
Named collection: Biographical/Subject Files Collection
On view: No

Description

Margaret Hutchinson Compton holds a bouquet at launch ceremony for the S.S. M.I.T. Victory at Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard in Baltimore, Maryland. Technology Review, not used. Original Credit Line: Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard Incorporated.

Original Caption: "Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Inc., Baltimore, Maryland Left to Right: Mrs. Edward D. Merrill; Mrs. [sic] Edward D. Merrill, Secretary of Alumni Association; Mrs. Karl Taylor Compton, Sponsor; Mrs. William K. MacMahon; Mr. William K. MacMahon, President of Washington Alumni Chapter."