Box 1
Contains 175 Results:
USS Houston (CA-30), undated
Naming campaign, Western Union storefront, 1927
USS Houston naming announcement, arrival of Navy Secretary Curtis D. Wilbur at Southern Pacific Station, Newport News, Virginia, 1927
Inscription on back: "S.P. Station, arrival of Navy Sec. Wilbur, Sept. 7, 1927 who named the U.S.S. Houston"
USS Houston (CA-30) slides down the ways at its launching ceremony, Newport News, Virginia, 1929
Caption on white card: "USS Houston (CA-30) slides down the ways at launching, 7 Sept. 1929."
Elisabeth Holcombe (ship's sponsor) on platform at USS Houston (CA-30) launching ceremony, September 7, 1929
Mary Ellen Bute (maid of honor), Elisabeth Holcombe (ship's sponsor), and Charlotte Williams (special guest) on platform at USS Houston (CA-30) launching ceremony, September 7, 1929
USS Houston (CA-30) launching ceremony, Newport News, Virginia, 1929
USS Houston (CA-30) launching ceremony, Newport News, Virginia, 1929
Mary Ellen Bute (maid of honor), Elisabeth Holcombe (ship's sponsor), and Charlotte Williams (special guest) on platform at USS Houston (CA-30) launching ceremony, September 7, 1929
Mary Ellen Bute (maid of honor), Elisabeth Holcombe (ship's sponsor), and Charlotte Williams (special guest) on platform with cameramen and photographers at USS Houston (CA-30) launching ceremony, September 7, 1929
Special guests on platform at USS Houston (CA-30) launching ceremony, September 7, 1929
Mary Ellen Bute (maid of honor), Elisabeth Holcombe (ship's sponsor), and Charlotte Williams (special guest) on platform at USS Houston (CA-30) launching ceremony, September 7, 1929
Caption on white card: "USS Houston (CA-30) Mary Ellen Bute [maid of honor), Elisabeth Holcombe (ship's sponsor), and Charlotte Williams (special guest) on platform at launching ceremony, 7 Sept. 1929."
Caption on white card: "USS Houston (CA-30) Mary Ellen Bute (maid of honor), Elisabeth Holcombe (ship's sponsor), and Charlotte Williams (special guest) on platform at launching ceremony, 7 Sept. 1929.", September 7, 1929
Inscription on white slip: "Largest launching party (over 10,000 invited spectators) in history of the Newport yard--just prior to breaking of Houston Ship Channel water by the sponsor. Sept. 7, 1929"
USS Houston (CA-30)-- Ship's sponsor Elisabeth Holcombe and a group of U.S. Navy officers on stand at launching ceremonies, September 7, 1929
Mary Ellen Bute (maid of honor), Elisabeth Holcombe (ship's sponsor), and Charlotte Williams (special guest) on platform with special guests at USS Houston (CA-30) launching ceremony, September 7, 1929
Caption on white card: "USS Houston (CA 30)-- Mary Ellen Bute (maid of honor), Elisabeth Holcombe (ship's sponsor), and Charlotte Williams (special guest) on platform with Va. Gov. Harry F. Bird at ship's launching ceremony, 7 Sept. 1929."