J-866 / Wheeler / launching; clsoe up; sponsor

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 photgraphed by Rosenfeld and Sons at the Wheeler Shipyard on January 11, 1943. View is a close up of the sponsor prior to breaking the christening bottle on the bow of J-866. Stamped neg. sleeve: "105823F / 1/11/43 / Launching at Wheeler of J-866 / sponsor / [Box] 4759". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

UNIDENTIFIED J, #866, Wheeler
1984.187.105823F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection