Marcus F. Ritger, Jr. photograph record group 1947-1974.

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Marcus F. Ritger, Jr. photograph record group 1947-1974.

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Photos of Newport News and the region taken 1947-1974. Produced from negatives donated to the museum. Contains images of Newport News Shipbuilding, downtown Newport News in the area of the shipyard, the Mariners' Museum, Chesapeake Bay skipjacks, naval vessels, Maryland and North Carolina lighthouses, the Hampton Roads Ferry, and Chesapeake and Ohio Railway facilities. Specific shipyard images includes overhauling of SS America and launching of USS Forrestal.

357 photos.

The Mariners' Museum Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7555541

The Mariners' Museum Library

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Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company

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The Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company was founded in 1886 by Collis Potter Huntington in Newport News, Va. From the description of Records : of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, ca. 1886-1961. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 30694323 ...

America (Steamship)

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Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company

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Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, originally named Louisa Railroad in Louisa County, Virginia, was founded in 1836 and reached the foot of the Appalachian Mountains at what is now Clifton Forge by 1850. For more information, please see the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collections' Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad web page. From the description of George Washington's railroad Chesapeake and Ohio Lines correspondence, 1935. (Western North Carolina Library Network). WorldCat record id: 213416394 ...

Ritger, Carolyn.

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Mariners' museum Newport News, Va.

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In 2005, the Library created an artificial collection of several David G. Farragut letters owned by the Museum, which had mostly been accessioned prior to 1941. The accession numbers for these individual letters were the following: CA1, CA4, CA5, CA7, CA8, CA25, and CA54. From the description of Collection of David G. Farragut documents, 1861-1864. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 775010556 ...

Ritger, Marcus F.

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Professional photgrapher employed by Newport New Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company and the Daily Press. From the description of Marcus F. Ritger, Jr. photograph record group 1947-1974. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 45624507 ...

Ranger (Aircraft carrier : CVA-61)

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Cape Hatteras Lighthouse (N.C.)

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Ocracoke Island Lighthouse (N.C.)

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Forrestal (Aircraft carrier : CVA-59)

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Cove Point Lighthouse (Md.)

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Nettles, Edgar.

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Hampton Roads Ferry.

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