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Mrs. Helen Lawson Rozelle (nee Whaley), wife of shipyard's head electrician Elmer Donald Rozelle, prepares to swing champagne bottle against bow to christen an SC-Class (submarine chaser) ship built by Fellows and Stewart, on Terminal Island Naval Shipyard. Her sister-in-law, Mrs. Florence Lucile Rozelle (nee Boulter), wife of Ralph Rozelle holds flowers as the maid of honor at the christening. Label on photo reads: SC 1012 - Launching. Sponsor - Mrs. E. D. Rozelle, Fellows & Stewart, Inc., Terminal Island, Calif., December 28, 1942. Stamped note on back reads: Official Photograph Not To Be Released for Publication. Supervisor of Shipbuilding, U.S.N., San Pedro Terminal Island Office, Terminal Island, California The Rozelle collection, ranging from the late 1860's to the early 2000's contains correspondence, photographs, official documents, newspaper clippings, and genealogy information pertaining to the family of Bazil Tillson Rozelle. Letters reflect current and family affairs; and agricultural conditions of Compton in that era. Photographs include family vacations in Catalina Island circa 1890s; Compton, Paramount, and Lynwood areas circa 1890s; World War II boat christening from Terminal Island CA circa 1940s; and mink farming in southern California circa 1940s-1950s.
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Photographs image/jpeg 1 photograph; black and white; 10x8 in.
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