newyorkshipbuilding

Jean Summers Smith, born April 14, 1911 in Walla Walla, Wash., died June 26, 1999 in Evanston history.wilmettelibrary.info/1658548/data?n=3 She was the daughter of John William Summers (April 29, 1870 – September 25, 1937), U.S. Representative from Washington en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_W._Summers On September 1, 1921 she christened the Battleship USS Washington (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Washington_(BB-47)), s. article in The New York herald., September 02, 1921, Page 9, col. 3 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045774/1921-09-02/ed-... and photo in the Omaha daily bee., September 12, 1921, Page 2 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn99021999/1921-09-12/ed-...

Thanks B-59, we'll add this information to the catalog record.

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore "Ted" Roosevelt III, Senator Samuel D. Nicholson (R-Colorado), his daughter (and sponsor of the battleship USS Colorado (BB-45)), Ruth Nicholson Melville, at the ship's launching at New York Shipbuilding Corporation, in Camden, NJ, on March 22, 1921. See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt_Jr. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_D._Nicholson en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Colorado_(BB-45) www.navsource.org/archives/01/45a.htm

Ruth H. Nicholson (1894-1934) www.findagrave.com/memorial/127027471/ S. also article in the New-York tribune., March 22, 1921, Page 6, col. 2 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1921-03-22/ed-...

A general question about photographs of the Bain News Service. Are the names of photographers known other than Mr. Bain himself who contributed to the Bain New Service.

Good question. Sadly, it seems most of the photographers are unknown. From the Collection Overview page for the Bain Collection in the Prints & Photographs Online Catalog (www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/ggbain/), you can use the left side menus to browse by "Creator/Related Name" which reveals a small number of other creators. We attributed the majority to the News Service broadly, as there was very little evidence of individual creation.

[Philadelphia] Evening Public Ledger. July 19, 1922, page 30, photo top center
chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045211/1922-07-19/ed-...
shows a similar photo. Miss Margaret Kates was launching Caisson B for the Delaware River bridge by smashing a bottle of champagne.

For the caisson, see

www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95917057

She was the daughter of John B. Kates (1876-1947), judge and treasurer of the Delaware River Bridge Commission www.findagrave.com/memorial/192705358/ www.dvrbs.com/People/CamdenPeople-JohnBKates.htm see comment on photo in the Evening public ledger. [volume], July 18, 1922, Night Extra, Page 2 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045211/1922-07-18/ed-... She married Andrew Fleming in 1929, s. www.newspapers.com/newspage/480391848/