j-865 / Wheeler / cose-up; launching party / 12-21-42

black-and -white negative; safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, NY, Whitestone
December 21, 1942
safety film, Kodak #18
overall: 4 x 5 in.

4X5 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons at the Wheeler Ship Yard on 12-21-1942. View is of the sponsor about to break the christening bottle against the ship's bow. Stamped neg. sleeve: "105631F 12/21/42 / Launching at Wheeler of J-865 / launching party. / 4756 / [Box] 4756". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

UNIDENTIFIED J, #865, Wheeler
1984.187.105631F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection