ARIES, circa 1975

safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - FILMSTRIPS
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, Long Island Sound
Circa 1975
safety film, Kodak Plus X Pan Film
35 mm

35 mm safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons circa Fall 1975. Image of 49' Sparkman & Stephens designed, Minneford Yacht Yard built sloop ARIES (built 1975 in City Island, NY) on first trial run after launch on Long Island Sound from City Island, NY. Visible in image: cropped starboard quarter view of ARIES running before the wind under mainsail and jib, heeled over, rail down on blustery fall day with boatload of shipyard personnel, designers, sailmakers, and crew, including Randy Cowley. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. For more information see: A CENTURY UNDER SAIL, text by Stanley Rosenfeld, p. 206. Handwritten on negative sleeve: "1974? / 191597 / ARIES / 8-15-17-19 / 23-25-27".

ARIES sloop
1984.187.191597.19

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection