WHIRLWIND, J class sloop undersail, 1930

safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
1930-06-16
Kodak safety film
5 x 7 in.

5 x 7 Kodak safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons, on June 16, 1930. Image of 130' Herreshoff designed, George Lawley & Son, Corp. built J class sloop WHIRLWIND (built 1930 in S. Boston, Mass.) undersail. Visible in image: zoomed in starboard beam view of the J Class sloop WHIRLWIND on a port close-hauled tack under mainsail and genoa, "WHIRLWIND / NEW YORK" painted on side, crew lying down on deck at stern. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. For more information see: A CENTURY UNDER SAIL, text by Stanley Z. Rosenfeld, page 66. Handwritten on original negative sleeve: "6/16 / Whirlwind / Box 2825" and stamped: "39951F".

1984.187.39951F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection