SEA PUSS, New London, CT, 1947

safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, CT, New London
1947
Kodak safety film
overall: 4 x 5 in.; 10.16 x 12.7 cm

4 x 5 Kodak safety negative taken by Rosenfeld and Sons in New London, CT, 1947. Starboard beam view of the motor yacht SEA PUSS, owned by John T. Pratt, Jr. in 1947. Vessel seen with four women aboard, passing Ocean Beach, New London. SEA PUSS was designed and built by Consolidated Shipbuilding Corporation in 1933. She had two gas engines and measured 65 feet in length. Her home port was Glen Cove, Long Island. Stamped on original negative sleeve: "117014F / NEW LONDON 1947 / 4948". Handwritten on negative sleeve: "Sea Puss".

1984.187.117014F

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