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Margaret Hutchinson Compton and others at boat launch, 1945
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Description
Margaret Hutchinson Compton holds a bouquet at launch ceremony for the S.S. M.I.T. Victory at Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard in Baltimore, Maryland. Technology Review, not used. Original Credit Line: Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard Incorporated.
Original Caption: "Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Inc., Baltimore, Maryland Left to Right: Mrs. Edward D. Merrill; Mrs. [sic] Edward D. Merrill, Secretary of Alumni Association; Mrs. Karl Taylor Compton, Sponsor; Mrs. William K. MacMahon; Mr. William K. MacMahon, President of Washington Alumni Chapter."
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