Coastal Cruising, 1934

black-and-white photograph; safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, RI, Block Island
1934
safety film, Eastman Kodak #30; emulsion recovered
5 x 7 in.

5 x 7 Kodak safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons in 1934. Image believed to be 35' Winthrop L Warner, Sr. designed, Portland Boat Works built ketch HIGHLANDER (built 1934 in Portland, Ct.) on Block Island Sound. Visible in image: starboard beam view of a ketch on starboard close reach under marconi rigged mainsail, mizzen sail and club-footed staysail, with a dinghy in tow, flying Middletown Yacht Club burgee- triangular burgee with white V on side pointing to red field by flagpole and away from blue tip- on mainmast and J.B. McLean's private signal- black M on red triangle- on mizzenmast, dramatic sky and vast waters surround the vessel. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. For more information see: A CENTURY UNDER SAIL, text by Stanley Rosenfeld, p.77. Handwritten on original negative sleeve: "Stanley".

UNIDENTIFIED ketch
1984.187.69283F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection