Group photograph with Margaret Hutchinson Compton, 1943

Object summary

Title: Group photograph with Margaret Hutchinson Compton, 1943
Object ID: GCP-00007342
Date made: 1943-03-07
Place made: United States, Maine, Portland
Maker: Stanley Dana Corporation
Object type: Photograph
Major collection: MIT History
Named collection: Biographical/Subject Files Collection
On view: No

Description

Group photograph of ship launch ceremony attendees. Margaret Hutchinson Compton, third from left holds bouquet. Karl Taylor Compton stands third from right. Text on recto reads "So. Portland Ship. Corp. --East Div.-- March 7, 1943". Original Credit Line: Stanley Dana Corp.

Original Caption: "L. to R. Front Row: Mrs. C. L. Churchill, Mrs. Karl T. Compton, Mrs. Wm. Bouck Cornell, Mrs. Sumner Sewall Back row: Dr. Wm. Bouck Cornell, Gov. Sumner Sewall, Dr. Karl T. Compton and Mr. C. L. Churchill Launching of 'Timothy Dwight', 'Ezra Cornell', 'Francis Amasa Walker'".