Launching ceremony of PT 131 with speaker at podium showing the Elco PT boat logo and other company logos

black-and -white negative; safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, NJ, Bayonne
August 26, 1942
Kodak safety #131
overall: 4 x 5 in.

4X5 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons off Bayonne, New Jersey, August 26, 1942. Image is of the launching ceremony of PT 131 and shows a close up of naval office speaking and close up view of the various ELCO logos, especially the PT logo. Stamped neg. sleeve: "104993F 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, Elco
1984.187.104993F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection