YMS-211 / launching at Jacob / launching; closeup; sponsor / 10-10-42

black-and -white negative; safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, NY, Whitestone
October 10, 1942
Kodak safety #121
overall: 5 x 4 in.

5X4 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons at the Wheeler shipyard on October 10, 1942. View is a closeup of the sponsor with bottle and bouqet in hand before christening the vessel. Stamped neg. sleeve: "105214F 10/10/42 / Launching at Jacob of YMS-211 / Sponsor / [Box] 4749". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

YMS 211 yard minesweeper, #211, Jacob
1984.187.105214F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection