<p>When the United States entered World War I in 1918, Seattle's shipyard workeers were called on to help win the war.
In this photo, Thomas Barker, representing the U.S. Department of Labor, speaks to several hundred shipyard workers about the importance of their work to the nation's war effort. The men are sitting on the beams and scaffolding of a large wooden ship under construction at the Patterson-MacDonald Shipyard.</p>
<p>The nitrate negative has deteriorated and damaged the image.</p>
<ul><li>Subjects (LCTGM): Boat &amp; ship industry;  Patterson-MacDonald Shipbuilding Company; Public speaking; World War, 1914-1918--Economic &amp; industrial aspects</li>
<li>People: Barker, Thomas</li></ul>
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Webster &amp; Stevens</div>
1918<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1918-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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