ISTALENA, K Class, #3, on Long Island Sound, 1912

black-and -white negative; glass negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld, Morris
USA, Long Island Sound
1912-06-15
emulsion on glass
overall: 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.

6 x 8 glass negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons on June 15, 1912. Image of the 85' K Class cutter ISTALENA, sail #K3, built and designed by Herreshoff in 1907. She is seen here sailing on Long Island Sound of off the Larchmont Yacht Club, port beam view on a starboard close reach tack under gaff-rigged mainsail, topsail, staysail, jib and flying jib, with rails awash. Shoreline in the distant background. ISTALENA was launched in 1907 along with WINSOME and AURORA, the only three K class vessels ever built. Handwritten on original negative sleeve: "529S / K 3 - sloop / LYC 6/15-1912 / Box 41". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. For more information see: A CENTURY UNDER SAIL, text by Stanley Z. Rosenfeld, page 39.

ISTELENA sloop, 85', K #3
1984.187.529S

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection