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Title	Tanker Henry C. Wallace is launched
Newspaper	Morning Register (Des Moines, Iowa)
Date Original	1943-08-17
Note	Caption reads: With a smash of a bottle, Mrs. B. B. Hickenlooper (right), wife of Iowa's governor, christened the Liberty tanker Henry C. Wallace as it was launched at Wilmington, Cal., Sunday night. The ship was named for the former secretary of agriculture and father of Vice-President Henry Wallace. Others at the launching (left to right) are Mrs. Earl Warren, wife of California's governor; Governor Hickenlooper, and Mrs. D. C. Hutchinson. -- Wirephoto (AP).
Topic	Ships named for Iowa locations or Iowa citizens
Subject	World War, 1939-1945 -- Iowa Warships -- United States SS Henry C. Wallace
Type	Text Still Image Clippings
Digital Format	image/jpeg; Display image: 464,165 bytes
Digital Collection	World War II Iowa Press Clippings
Contributing Institution	State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City
Rights Management	This digital image may be used for educational purposes, as long as it is not altered in any way. No commercial reproduction or distribution of this file is permitted without written permission of the State Historical Society of Iowa.
Height (cm)	1 clipping : b&w ; 16 cm.
Digitization Specifications	Scanned with Ricoh Aficio 2232C @ 600 ppi. Master image: 3,649,730 bytes, 4488 x 3516.
Date Digital	2005-03-07
File Name	1943-08-17
Theme	World War II
Language	eng

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