silver print
PHOTOGRAPHSBermuda News Bureau
1960
8.00 x 10.00 x 0
Silver print; photographed by the Bermuda News Bureau; Carleton Mitchell receiving trophy for winning the Newport Bermuda Race; probably 1960; typewritten label attached to photograph reads "Bermuda/ NEWS BUREAU/ HAMILTON BERMUDA CABLES: "NEWSBUR"/ 606-163 - AMERICAN SKIPPER WINS BERMUDA TROPHY - The Governor of Bermuda,/ Sir Julian [?]coigne, presents the Bermuda Trophy to Carleton/ Mitchell, skipper of Finisterre. Mitchell's boat, a three-time winner, captured the Newport-to-Bermuda ocean yacht race/ on the corrected time of 4 days, 6 houses, 58 minutes, and 52/ seconds. [?] Trimingham, Jr., commodore of the Royal Bermuda/ Yacht Club, stands right. The Governor was himself a crew/ member of the [?], a Bermuda entry, which lost her mast/ during a heavy squall.".
1996.31.6894