Ames Shipbuilding & Drydock Company Record Books 1916-1953

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Ames Shipbuilding & Drydock Company Record Books 1916-1953

http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv17807

Record books of a Seattle shipbuilding company

3 record books; 1 box

eng,

Museum of History & Industry Sophie Frye Bass Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6367097

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