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[A group of seven young women in uniform with American flag and rifles]
Women in dark uniforms holding rifles with bayonet on top. Young woman in back in white is holding an American flag, she appears to be standing on a platform.
Written on back of photograph: "Donated in 2007 by Dorothy Hellings Wilson from Hellings family collection. Dorothy thought that it was taken during WWI period and may have been part of the War effort. Individuals are unidentified." -
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[Eagle Monument at the Bristol Post Office]
Monument was erected in honor of those who served in World War I. Included are the names of those killed. -
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[World War I victory parade]
Beaver Street between Prospect and Buckley Streets. -
[World War I victory parade]
Beaver Street between Prospect and Buckley Streets. PJM or PSM is written below a sailor holding a flag. -
"3373--Administration Bldg., Merchants Ship Building Corp., Harriman, PA."
Shipyard building faced Farragut Avenue at Monroe Street, opposite the Commissary building -
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"3374--Hotel Victory, Harriman, PA."
"Victory Hotel” was located in Harriman between Harriman and Garfield Streets. -
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[Ship Wathena, Hull #2 built at Merchant Shipyard]
Keel laid February 19, 1918. Sponsor Mrs. W. T. Smith. -
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[Ship Watonwan, Hull #3 built at Merchant Shipyard]
Christened by Mrs. A. W. Harriman, 1918. -
“3380--Scene at a launching Merchants Ship Building Corp., Harriman, PA."
Hull #3 Watonwan in dry dock ready to be christened. -
[Five men at the Harriman Shipyard during World War I]
None identified. -
[Men at the Harriman Shipyard during World War I]
The man on the right is thought to be Lamont March. Others are unidentified. -
[Two merchant ships at the fitting-out wharf, Harriman Shipyard]
The pair were 1,135 feet long. Ships were approximately 418 feet in length. -
[Electric cranes on the twelve shipways of the Harriman Shipyard during WWI]
Buildings on the left are support buildings at the shipyard. The smokestacks at left are for the powerhouse. -
[Ship along the fitting-out pier at the Harriman Shipyard during WWI]
Two smokestacks of the power plant are visible, as are five electric cranes. -
[One of the twelve shipways at the Merchant Shipyard in Harriman during WWI]
The shipyard closed as the war concluded. -
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[One of the “12 Great Ways” at Harriman’s Merchant Shipyard]
Photograph taken when the first ship “Watonwan” was launched. Ship sponsored by Mrs. W.A. Harriman. -
"Merchants Ship Building Corporation Shipyards, Harriman, PA., showing the twelve ship ways"
80 acres was needed for the construction of merchant ships during World War I, an adjacent community called Harriman surrounded the shipyard. The site became home to aircraft factories after World War I. -
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