Frances Perkins shakes hands with workers at Todd Shipyards
- Title:
- Frances Perkins shakes hands with workers at Todd Shipyards
- Abstract:
- Frances Perkins wrote on the verso of the photograph above left: “The first view of Henry Kaiser’s latest Mud & hope.� His Richmond shipyard became famous for producing cargo ships, known as Liberty ships, on the average of one every 45 days, and by November, 1942, production had been cut to just 14 and ½ days.
- Collection Name:
- Frances Perkins Papers
- Subjects:
- Richmond (Calif.); Perkins, Frances, 1880-1965; Todd Shipyards Corporation
- Format:
- photographs
- Place of Origin:
- Richmond (Calif.)
- Date:
- March 29, 1941
- Note (Non date):
- Gift of Frances Perkins
- Language:
- English
- Library Location:
- Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Digital Project:
- Frances Perkins
- Persistent URL:
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/D8NP2GR7