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Group portrait of Governor Ephraim Franklin Morgan, Alice Wright Mann, and others at the christening of the U.S.S. West Virginia.

1. Governor Ephraim Franklin Morgan, Alice Wright Mann, and Others at the Christening of the U.S.S. West Virginia

Portrait of Alice Wright Mann holding a bouquet and a bottle prior to the christening of the U.S.S. West Virginia.

2. Alice Wright Mann at the Christening Ceremony of U.S.S. West Virginia

Portrait of Alice Wright Mann holding a bouquet and a bottle before the christening of the U.S.S. West Virginia.

3. Alice Wright Mann at the Christening Ceremony of U.S.S. West Virginia

Group portrait of Governor Ephraim Morgan, Alice Wright Mann and others ladies holding bouquets before the christening of the U.S.S. West Virginia.

4. Governor Ephraim Franklin Morgan, Alice Wright Mann, and Others at the Christening of the U.S.S. West Virginia

The U.S.S. West Virginia is pictured in a dry dock moments before its launch.

5. U.S.S. West Virginia in Shipyard for Christening Ceremony

Mann is pictured with a bouquet of roses in front of the ship.

6. Alice Wright Mann at the Christening Ceremony of U.S.S. West Virginia

The U.S.S. West Virginia out at sea, moments after launching from the dry dock.

7. Launching of the U.S.S. West Virginia

The christening of the U.S.S. West Virginia by Alice Wright Mann, daughter of a prominent West Virginian.

8. Christening of the U.S.S. West Virginia

Taken at Hampton Roads Va. Photo of the U.S.S. West Virginia taken after launching.  Credit Line: Navy Department photo no. 80-CF-2058-2 in National Archives.

9. U.S.S. West Virginia Launched

Men and women dining in celebration of the U.S.S. West Virginia.

10. Dinner Party for Christening of U.S.S. West Virginia