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Ad, magazine: Battle-front ... U.S.A. Todd Shipyards Corporation, N.Y. (ca. 1942-1943.)

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Magazine advertisement: Battle-front ... U.S.A. Todd Shipyards Corporation, N.Y. Full page black-and-white advertisement published in National Geographic Magazine, issue, date and page not known. Full leaf, 6-7/8" x 10" high, as removed from publication. Text is in notes. Discusses Merchant Marine work for the war. Hoboken was one of the twelve Todd Shipyard locations stated in the ad. It was called the Tietjen and Lang Dry Dock Co. (also known as Tietjen & Lang Yard or Plant.)

2013.005.0072

2013.005

Lukacs, Claire

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Museum Collections. Gift of a Friend of the Museum.

1942 - 1943

Date(s) Created: 1942-1943 Date(s): 1942-1943

Notes: Archives 2013.005.0072 ==== Battle-front ... U.S.A. OUR valiant Navy is in action on every ocean, on battle lines stretching around the world. Our proud Merchant Marine, under the leadership of the U. S. Maritime Commission, is carrying the war to the enemy with ever-increasing power. In Todd Shipyards, on every coast, armies of skilled men are waging another battle ... fighting against time in the world's greatest shipbuilding program—and beating all records. From day to day, hundreds of new merchant vessels and fighting ships of every type will join the mightiest armada in history. Backed by a hard-hitting maritime tradition, with production at top speed, America swings into the battle line toward Victory! TODD SHIPYARDS CORPORATION One Broadway, New York, N. Y. Robins Dry Dock and Repair Co...........Erie Basin, Bklyn. Tietjen and Lang Dry Dock Co...........17th St., Hoboken Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp.........Seattle & Tacoma Todd Seattle Dry Docks, Inc. .................. Seattle Todd Galveston Dry Docks Inc................Galveston Houston Shipbuilding Corp..................Houston Todd-Johnson Dry Docks Inc................New Orleans Todd Mobile Dry Docks Inc...................Mobile South Portland Shipbuilding Corp..........So. Portland, Me. Todd-Bath Iron Shipbuilding Corp. .........So. Portland, Me. South Portland Dry Dock & Repair Co. ....... So. Portland, Me. Todd Combustion Equipment, Inc.............New York ==== ==== Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2013-04-06

Todd Shipyards ad, National Geographic ca. 1942-1943