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| Title | Launching of U.S.S. James E. Kyes at Todd Shipyards, Seattle, 1945 |
| Photographer | Staff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | 1945 |
| Caption | For many years, Seattle has been a center for the ship building and ship repair industries. The Todd Shipyards Corporation has had a shipyard in Seattle since around 1918. This photo, taken in 1945, shows the U.S.S. James E. Kyes being launched at the shipyard. |
| Notes | Handwritten on negative: Launching James K [sic] Kyes.
Handwritten on sleeve: Ships - "Kyes, James."
Caption by MOHAI staff.
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): August 13, 1945. |
| Subjects | Warships--Washington (State)--Seattle; Boat & ship industry--Washington (State)--Seattle; Launchings--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Harbor Island (Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | PI26323 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 safety film negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from print made from original negative as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
