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The Frederick Douglass: A Powerful Photo of Shipyard Workers During WWII

May 1943. Baltimore, Maryland. "Electric welders working on the Liberty ship Frederick Douglass at the Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards." Photo by Roger Smith for the Office of War Information.
A powerful photo of shipyard workers during World War II building the Liberty Ship Frederick Douglass in Baltimore, Maryland in May 1943. Photo by Roger Smith for the Office of War Information.
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What a powerful photo from World War II. Here are two shipyard workers building the Liberty Ship Frederick Douglass in 1943.

May 1943. Baltimore, Maryland. "Electric welders working on the Liberty ship Frederick Douglass at the Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards." Photo by Roger Smith for the Office of War Information.
May 1943. Baltimore, Maryland. “Electric welders working on the Liberty ship Frederick Douglass at the Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards.” Photo by Roger Smith for the Office of War Information.

Source: Shorpy

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