J-866 / Wheeler / launching; close up; sponsor / 1-11-43

black-and -white negative; safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, NY, Whitestone
January 11, 1943
safety film, Kodak #103
overall: 5 x 4 in.

5X4 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons at the Wheeler Shipyard on January 11, 1943. Image is a close up of the sponsor about to break the christening bottle on the bow of the ship during the launching ceremony.

UNIDENTIFIED J, #866, Wheeler
1984.187.105821F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection