Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Philadelphia Record

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company.

African Americans--Employment--Pennsylvania--Chester.

Women--Employment--Pennsylvania--Chester.

Boat & ship industry--Pennsylvania--Chester.

Launchings--Pennsylvania--Chester.

Strikes.

Local Subjects:

African Americans--Employment--Pennsylvania--Chester.

Women--Employment--Pennsylvania--Chester.

Boat & ship industry--Pennsylvania--Chester.

Launchings--Pennsylvania--Chester.

Strikes.

Penn Provenance:

Gift of the Philadelphia Record

Physical Description:

107 photoprints : silver gelatin

Place of Publication:

1936-1946

Summary:

Depicts ship construction at the Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company in Chester, Pa. Many images show dry docks, cranes, the manufacture of parts, and welding. Includes scenes during launchings, particularly the launching ofoil tankers. Highlights employees at Sun Shipbuilding, with emphasis on foreign workers, women, and blacks. Portrays workers during shift changes and during the noontime break. Shows workers attending rallies, dancing, listening to music, and during a visit by Joe Louis. Contains views of office workers, medical clinic employees, and engineers. Also portrays picketers outside the plant during a strike and the arrest of one worker.

These subject entries for the Philadelphia Record newspaper's photo morgue are primarily for Places (buildings, parks, streets, etc.), Things (Bicycles, Bison, Blind Persons [just sampling the B's]), Events (Democratic National Convention 1936, Flourtown Fair, Harvest Week) and Social Constructs (Home Economics, City Planning, Eating & Drinking, etc.). Each of these subjects became a MARC record which included a call number. In the case of these records, the call numbers are the actual folder numbers for the materials referenced. Therefore, these subject headings are really also an index for this section of the Philadelphia Record newspaper's photograph morgue. [The name section of the Philadelphia Record photo morgue represents individuals, A-Z, and

Notes:

Part of the Philadelphia Record Photograph Collection; for general information, see collection record.