Perfect Sailing Weather, 1950

safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, FL
1950
safety film, Kodak #43
4x5 in.

4x5 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons in 1950. Image of 50' Owen P. Merrill designed, Henry B. Nevins, Inc. built auxiliary yawl ANCHORITE (built 1937 in City Island, NY), 72.5' Philip L. Rhodes designed, Luders Marine Const. Co. built auxiliary yawl ESCAPADE (built 1938 in Stamford, Conn.), 44' Sparkman & Stephens designed, Hodgdon Brothers built auxiliary cutter STARLIGHT (built 1935 in East Boothbay, Me.), and 56' Sparkman & Stephens, Inc. designed, Henry B. Nevins, Inc. built auxiliary cutter BLITZEN (built 1938 in City Island, N.Y.) at Miami to Nassau Race. Visible in image: port beam views of ANCHORITE (A/6), ESCAPADE (108), STARLIGHT (46), and BLITZEN (77) plus one unidentified sloop on starboard close reaches under sails, large bow wave on STARLIGHT, BLITZEN hidden behind STARLIGHT, sparkly waves and clouds in sky. Stamped on original negative sleeve: "125768F / FLORIDA / 1950 / [Box] 5095" and handwritten: "MIAMI-NASSAU / FLORIDA-1950 / A6 / ANCHORITE / 108 / Escapade / 46 / Starlight". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

ANCHORITE yawl, A #6; ESCAPADE yawl, #108, 72' Cox & Stevens; STARLIGHT yawl; UNIDENTIFIED yawl, #77
1984.187.125768F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection