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California Shipbuilding yard workers at phony launch of cardboard ship S.S. Absentee, 1943

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Title: California Shipbuilding yard workers at phony launch of cardboard ship S.S. Absentee, 1943
Date Created and/or Issued: January 7, 1943
1943-01-07
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: Newspaper article identifies: Left to right: Hirohito is Jerry Yocky; Hitler is Bert Friedman; Mussolini is John Wilson; Goering is Don Carter; Rommel is Buddy Blue.
Type: image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: uclalat_1429_b3180_26013-1
ark:/21198/zz0002v4f1
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Events
Shipbuilding industry--Employees
Shipyards--California--Terminal Island
Impersonation
Ships--Launching
Lifestyle
Absenteeism (Labor)--California--Terminal Island
World War, 1939-1945--Manpower--California--Los Angeles
California Shipbuilding Corporation
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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