Kaiser Shipyards collection, 1940-1945.

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Kaiser Shipyards collection, 1940-1945.

Photographs, blueprints, schematics, original launching programs, letters addressed to workers, and copies of speeches of the Kaiser Shipyards in Richmond, Calif collected by the Bedford family.

70 blueprints and schematics.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8072226

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Kaiser Shipyards (Richmond, Calif.)

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Clay Bedford, along with his son Tim, were the men in charge of the Kaiser Shipyards in Richmond, Calif., during World War II, working directly under Henry J. Kaiser. From the description of Kaiser Shipyards collection, 1940-1945. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71014699 Hull No. 2272, George Clement Perkins (built 1944; freighter: EC2-S-C1) was sold to private shipping company in 1947 and scrapped in 1969; hull No. 2279, William E. Ritter (built 1944; freighter: EC2-S-C1) se...

Bedford, Timothy

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Kaiser, Henry J., 1882-1967

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Biographical Chronology 1882 Henry John Kaiser born in Sprout Brook (near Canajoharie), New York, on May 9, son of Francis J. and Mary Yops Kaiser, German immigrants. 1895 Left school at age 13, to help support his parents and three sisters, by working in a dry goods store in ...

Bedford, Clay P., 1903-1991

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Bedford family.

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