PT 131 launching ceremony / E/co / close up of sponsor breaking bottle

black-and -white negative; safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, NJ, Bayonne
August 26, 1942
Kodak safety #121
overall: 4 x 5 in.

4X5 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons off Bayonne, New Jersey, August 26, 1942. Image is of a close up view of a Naval Officer and an unkown sponsor breaking a bottle against a PT boat, presumably PT 131 during its christening. Stamped neg. sleeve: " 104994F / AUG 26,1942 / ELECTRIC BOAT COMPANY / ELCO NAVAL DIVISION / BAYONNE, N.J./ E PRES. & P.T. 131 LAUNCHING / [Box] 4745". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection

PT 131 motor torpedo boat, Elco
1984.187.104994F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection