Prayer at the Naval Proving Ground 40th birthday visit to Blackistone Island

Photograph

St. Mary's County Historical Society, Leonardtown, MD

Prayer ... Blackistone Island

Name/Title

Prayer at the Naval Proving Ground 40th birthday visit to Blackistone Island

Entry/Object ID

1995.001.2540

Description

5"h x 7"w black and white photo of the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the United States Navy's use of Blackistone Island as part of the Dahlgren Proving Ground. The priest from Saint Francis Xavier Church was leading the group in prayer. The fenced in area around the cement cross was in the background. ******************************************* Text on verso: on an accompanying sheet in black stamp ink "PHD-6364(L)-10-58 Oct 12 1958 U.S. Naval Proving Ground Dahlgren, Virginia [twice] PHD-6364(L)-10-58 Charles A. Dancy, Jr. Capt., USN, Ast Cdr. for Management; Father Calvert Brown, S. J. St. Francis Xavier; Edwin W. Beitzell, Editor, Chronicle of St. Marys; Claude B. Hellman, Sec. of State Md.; Charles E. Fenwick, Pres. St. Marys Co. Historical Society; Naval Proving Ground 40th Birthday visit to Blackistone Island. RELEASED [illegible] U. S. Navy'" Date and release statement are also stamped on the verso of the photo in black

Collection

Charles E. Fenwick Collection

Made/Created

Date made

October 12, 1958

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Print Size: 5" x 7"

Location

Container

Charles E. Fenwick Collection, Photo Box 3

Shelf

Rack 08, Shelf 4

Rack

Rack 08

Wall

West wall

Room

Archives 1

Building

Tudor Hall

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Beitzell, Edwin Warfield (1905-1984)

Person or Organization

Brown, Calvert

Person or Organization

Dancey, Charles A.

Person or Organization

Fenwick, Charles Edward (1910-1993)

Person or Organization

Hellman, Claude B.

Related Places

Place

* Untyped Place

St. Clement's Island NR Historic Distric