YMS 207 / Jacob / launching; sponsor christening

black-and -white negative; safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, NY, New York, Bronx, City Island
August 01, 1942
Kodak safety #133
overall: 4 x 5 in.

4X5 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons at the Jacob's Shipyard at the time of christening of YMS-207. View is a close-up of the sponsor jsut about to break the christening bottle with one gentleman standing alongside. Stamped neg. sleeve: "104720F 8/1/42 / Launching at Jacob of YMS-207 / sponsor & / [Box] 4741". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

YMS 207 yard minesweeper, Jacob
1984.187.104720F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection