Launching ceremony of PT 131 with sponsor and Elco president, August 26, 1942

black-and -white negative; safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, NJ, Bayonne
August 26, 1942
Kodak safety #45
overall: 4 x 5 in.

4X5 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons at Bayonne, New Jersey August 26, 1942. Image was taken at the launching ceremony of PT 131 showing Elco's president and the sponsor at the time of the ceremony. Stamped neg. sleeve: "104980F AUG 26 1942 / ELECTRIC BOAT COMPANY / ELCO NAVAL DIVISION / BAYONNE, N.J. / E. PRES. & P.T. 131 LAUNCHING / [Box] 4745". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

PT 131 motor torpedo boat, #131
1984.187.104980F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection