ALERT, launching, christening scene, 1929

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - NITRATE NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
1929-07-11
nitrate negative
overall: 5 x 7 in.

5x7 nitrate negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons on July 11, 1929, showing the sponsor breaking a bottle over the bow of a vessel named ALERT, vessel type unknown, while a man looks on. Typed on the original negative sleeve: "34428-F 7/11/29 / Alert launching / sponsor breaking bottle over bow" and written: "Box 2485". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

ALERT unknown vessel type
1984.187.34428F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection