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:
- Portraits--W., Counties--Mercer., Battleships.
- Personal Names:
- Mann, Alice Wright.
- Corporate Names:
- U.S.S. West Virginia.
- Aquisition Method:
- Gift
- Medium:
- print
- Projects:
- West Virginia History OnView, USS West Virginia