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The first in this set of African-Americans and Caucasians working together. In Texas, no less.

stunning photo! thanks for sharing!!

I remember the Shipyards in Beaumont, Texas. Our next door neighbor worked there in the late 1940's. Looking towards the Neches River and Port of Beaumont, you could see the bright flashes of the welding torches working late into the night. In the 1960's, the Shipyard's employed Radiological Technologist's to take Industrial X-rays of ship welds.

I'm confused. The title says workers leaving the Pennsylvania shipyards and that it was taken in Beaumont, Texas. Typo?

I believe that Pennsylvania was from the company name. See www.coltoncompany.com/shipbldg/ussbldrs/wwii/merchantship... for a bit of history

This would appear to be from approx. 1912: see a reference to the phrase on the sign in the image in This New York Times article

I think I recognize that guy in the hat......

Thanks! We'll fix the date and mention Teddy Roosevelt's presidential campaign, which took him to Chicago more than once in 1912.

Typo in "Notes" paragraph above: word on sign is "try," not "tie."

Thanks Wystan. We'll fix the typo.

Wrecked by a mob, it says

its cool restaurant

Probably the mob's retribution for its connection to German ownership. Other specimens of French mob anti-German vandalism in the Bain photostream:

Caption should include "Wrecked By Mob" from negative.