Bena

Mariners' Museum, Uncurated Search Results

Type: Skipjack

Year: 1897

Builder: John T. Landon

Location: Wittman

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These records are found in the online catalog of The Mariners’ Museum and Park in Newport News, Virginia. Uncurated search results are presented to give researchers and interested readers an idea of whether the museum’s archives contain information about this vessel and whether it may be worthwhile to visit the museum’s catalog search page for further investigation. Uncurated results may be inaccurate or incomplete.

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Fetch?	Row ID	Media	Date	Vessel	Place	Related Places	Inscription/Marks	Subject	Notes	Archive Number
	1								SHORT DESCRIPTION: One-half gallon oyster can packed or retailed by Cook's Oyster Co. of Bena, Virgina. The can is tin without graphics. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: See "Oyster Cans with Price Guide", Jim and Vivian Karsnitz.	CL29614
	2		3/9/1945	United States. Army–Officers.			Beginners Class, Camp Hill, receiving diplomas upon completion of army elementary course. Left to right: first row: T/5 C.C. Pompry, 34244535, home, Vernon, Fla.; T/5 William Saunders, 34135114, home, Itta Bena, Miss.; T/5 John R. Jessel, 34388160, home, Augusta, Ga.; T/5 Elmore James, 34387833, home, Florence, S.C.; Pfc. Booker T. Smith, 38684500, home, Marshall, Texas; and Pfc. Elijah Jenkins, 34387990, home, St. George, S.C. Second row, left to right: Cpl. Jas. L. Waters, 34543269, home, Jacksonville, Fla., Pfc. Ger. Collins, 38328035, home, Hamburg, Ark.; T/4 Jas. E. Lee, 34414279, home, Cartersville, Ga.; Pfc. Geo. Brooks, 34429136, home, Webb, Miss.; Pfc. Eddie H. Simelton, 34135097, home, Jiplersville, Miss.; Pfc. Hubert Flowers, 34244965, home, Pensacola, Fla.; and T/5 Geo. M. White, 35176428, home, Macon, Ga. Two officers to the right of the photograph, are: Col. Frank E. Ahrens, O-207336, Commanding Officer of Camp Hill, home, Brookly, N.Y., and Lt. Basial B. Oliver, O-914205, home, Washington, D.C. Photo taken at Camp Hill, HRPE, Newport News, Va., for the Port Paper.	African American soldiers–Education.	Shows a group of African American soldiers lined up to receive diplomas from their commanding officer. They are outside a building labeled: School.	P0003/01-#E-13368