Doctor Stephen S. Wise, Rabbi of the Free Synagogue
7/1918
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Original caption states: "Doctor Stephen S. Wise, Rabbi of the Free Synagogue, has become a laborer in the shipbuilding yards of the Luder Marine Construction Company, at Stanford, Connecticut, together with his eighteen year old son, at the right. They report for work every morning at 7 A.M. and stop with rest at 4:50, receiving the same compensation as the other laborers. Upon receiving the first weeks pay he donated it to a man who was in need in the yard."
This primary source comes from the Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs.
National Archives Identifier: 45530904
Full Citation: 165-WW-420P-323; Doctor Stephen S. Wise, Rabbi of the Free Synagogue, has become a laborer in the shipbuilding yards of the Luder Marine Construction Company, at Stanford, Connecticut, together with his eighteen year ; 7/1918; Personnel - P200 through P399; American Unofficial Collection of World War I Photographs, 1917–1918; Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs, Record Group 165; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/documents/document/stephen-wise-rabbi-laborer-shipbuilding, May 20, 2025]Activities that use this document
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