Name/Title
Three speakers at the Naval Proving Ground 40th birthday visit to Blackistone IslandEntry/Object ID
1995.001.2539Description
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 three civilian speakers were in the photo: the Secretary of State for Maryland, the president of St. Mary's County Historical Society, and the priest from Saint Francis Xavier Church.
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Text on verso: on an accompanying sheet in black stamp ink "Oct 12 1958 U.S. Naval Proving Ground Dahlgren, Virginia [twice] PHD-6369(L)-10-58 Claude B. Hellman, Sec. of State Md.; Charles E. Fenwick, Pres. St. Marys Co. Historical Society; Father Calvert Brown, S.J. St. Francis Xavier. 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 blackCollection
Charles E. Fenwick CollectionMade/Created
Date made
October 12, 1958Dimensions
Dimension Notes
Print Size: 5" x 7"Location
Container
Charles E. Fenwick Collection, Photo Box 3Shelf
Rack 08, Shelf 4Rack
Rack 08Wall
West wallRoom
Archives 1Building
Tudor HallRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Brown, CalvertPerson 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