Miss Alice Wright-Mann at Christening and Launch of the U.S.S. West Virginia

Identifier:
048506
Title:
Miss Alice Wright-Mann at Christening and Launch of the U.S.S. West Virginia
Date:
1921/11/19
Description:
Alice Wright-Mann, of Mercer County, is pictured with a large bouquet of flowers and what appears to be a bottle of champagne.Ms. Wright-Mann sponsored the battleship which was built by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. of Newport News, Va. Wright-Mann was the daughter of a millionaire coalmine operator, Isaac T. Mann.
Subjects:
Battleships., Portraits--W., and Counties--Mercer.
Personal Names:
Mann, Alice Wright.
Corporate Names:
U.S.S. West Virginia.
Aquisition Method:
Gift
Medium:
print
Projects:
West Virginia History OnView and USS West Virginia