YMS-207 / Jacob / launching; sponsor christening / 8-1-42

black-and -white negative; safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, NY, New York, Bronx, City Island
August 01, 1942
Kodak safety #133
overall: 4 x 5 in.

4x5 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons at the Jacob shipyard. The view is of the sponsor breaking the chrisening bottle on the bow of YMS-207. Stamped neg.sleeve: "104714F 8/1/42 / Launching at Jacob of YMS 207 / Sponsor breaking bottle / [Box] 4741". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

YMS 207 yard minesweeper, Jacob
1984.187.104714F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection