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German submarine minelayer SM UC-5 and British Mark IV Tank "Britannia". See comments under photos: and

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TVL1970: Thanks for making the connections between these images. We will update with more information.

"The christening was done by Mrs. Guy Emerson, who banged the snout of the submarine with a bottle of champagne and renamed it the "U-Buy-A-Bond." There were some who said the submarine backed up and said "I won't," but it didn't matter anyway, for three men had already dashed into the craft's interior and gained tho honor of being the first to subscribe in a former German ship." The sun., October 26, 1917, Page 3, col 2 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030431/1917-10-26/ed-...

The husband of Mrs. Emerson (likely the man behind her) was at that time vice president of the National Bank of Commerce and secretary of the Liberty Loan Committee, s. photo in the Evening star., October 19, 1917, Page 19 (he is the man standing on the right) chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1917-10-19/ed-... and the NYT, June 10, 1917 query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9401E1DE133BEE...

She was Margaret Sigourney Emerson, born 1992, her husband Guy Emerson was born in 1886 and died in 1969 www.geni.com/people/Margaret-Emerson/6000000025822128817 www.geni.com/people/Guy-Emerson/6000000027541137270

Thanks B-59 for the more complete story of this event and the people depicted in it. We will add more details when we update.

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The location is on St. Charles Avenue, in front of Gallier Hall (at that time New Orleans' City Hall). The man at center holding a U.S. flag is New Orleans Mayor Martin Behrman.

Photograph is by New Orleans photographer Charles L. Franck for the Department of War. Also available on line at the Department of Defense imagery website at www.defenseimagery.mil/imagery.html#guid=84b3739f6a7d2a1d...

Front of Gallier Hall in May 2010, decorated for the inauguration of Mayor Mitch Landrieu.