Elco PT 196 underway, imaged from the starboard bow quarter view, medium distance

black-and -white negative; safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, NJ, Bayonne
May 03, 1943
safety film, Kodak #18
overall: 4 x 5 in.

4X5 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sonsoff Bayonne, New Jersey, May 3 1943. Image is of PT 196 underway from a medium distance starboard bow quarter view. Image nicely demonstrates the "shark nose" pattern painted on the bow and a partial view of the sides painted in a wavy "dazzel" camouflage pattern. Stamped neg. sleeve: "106459F MAY 3 1943 / ELECTRIC BOAT COMPANY / ELCO NAVAL DIVISION / BAYONNE, N.J. / CONFIDENTIAL / [Box] 4768-4770". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.106459F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection