CONSTELLATION, laminating the keel, 1964

silver gelatin print

PHOTOGRAPHS
Rosenfeld, David
USA, NY, New York, Bronx, City Island
1964
emulsion on photographic paper
overall: 11 x 14 cm.

11x14 gelatin silver print made by David Rosenfeld ca. 1964 from an original 35mm filmstrip frame. Image of six workmen in a work area at the Minneford Yacht Yard working on laminating two pieces of wood laying on sawhorses that are to cover the keel. CONSTELLATION was a 12 metre 68'5" sloop, sail #US20, built in 1964 by the Minneford Yacht Yard on City Island, New York from designs by Olin Stephens of Sparkman & Stephens and was a successful U.S. defender for the America's Cup 1964. Pencil notes on print verso:"64-2-4 / Laminating keel CONSTELLATION". Original 35mm filmstrip not received in 1994 with other David Rosenfeld materials. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, David Rosenfeld photographer.

NN.1984.187.367

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, David Rosenfeld photographer