Photograph album from the launching of the S.S. Harriet Tubman
date: label: Date
content: 1944
name: label: Created by
content: Samuel Ward Manufacturing Company, American, 1868 - c. 1930
label: Subject of
content: Harriet Tubman, American, 1822 - 1913
label: Subject of
content: Eva Stewart Northrup, American, 1890 - 1964
notes: label: Description
content: A clothbound album with gilt stamping commemorating the christening of the Liberty ship S.S. Harriet Tubman owned by Harriet Tubman's niece, Eva Stewart Northrup. The album contains twelve large black and white photographs of the event, along with a newspaper clipping and a handwritten note.
place: label: Place depicted
content: South Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: Social reform
label: Topic
content: Women
label: Topic
content: World War II
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Charles L. Blockson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2009.50.29
objectType: label: Type
content: photograph albums
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Samuel Ward MFG Co.
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: cardboard with cloth and plastic
label: Dimensions
content: 10 3/8 x 13 1/2 x 1 1/4 in. (26.4 x 34.3 x 3.2 cm)