The original caption for this photograph reads: With nearly 1000 [African-American] women employed as burners, welders, scalers, and in other capacities at the Kaiser Shipyards in Richmond, California, women war workers played an important part in the construction of the Liberty Ship, SS George Washington Carver, launched on May 7th, 1943. Welder -trainee Josie Lucille Owens plies her trade on the ship.
Welder-trainee Josie Lucille Owens Plies Her Trade on the Liberty Ship SS George Washington Carver
- 1943
Description
This primary source comes from the Records of the Office of War Information.
National Archives Identifier: 535803
Full Citation: Photograph 208-NP-1KKK(6); Welder-trainee Josie Lucille Owens Plies Her Trade on the Liberty Ship SS George Washington Carver; 1943; Negro Activities in Industry, Government, and the Armed Forces, 1941 – 1945; Records of the Office of War Information, Record Group 208; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/welder-josie-owens/, April 7, 2026]
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