PT 103 luanching/sponsor;group;movie camera May 16 1942

4x5 Kodak #38

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, NJ, Bayonne
May 16, 1942
safety film, Kodak # 38
overall: 4 x 5 in.

4X5 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons off Bayonne, New Jersey May 16,1942. Image of a movie camerman and his equipment set up along side PT 103 to record the launching ceremony. Also in the images are Elco officials and Navy officers. PT 103 was the first of the latest class of Elco 80' PT boats designed to carry the newest torpedoes and heavier armament. Stamped neg. sleeve: "103938F 5/16/1942 / Launching of PT-103 at Elco / [Box] 4728 to 4729". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

PT #103 motor torpedo boat, Elco
1984.187.103954F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection