Under ENDEAVOUR, #K4, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Sopwith at wheel, 1934

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, RI, Newport
1934
safety film, Kodak
5 x 7 in.

5x7 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons in 1934. Image of Mr. and Mrs. Sopwith at the wheel of the 130' Charles E. Nicholson designed, Camper & Nicholson Yard built J class cutter ENDEAVOUR (built 1934 in Gosport, England). Visible in image: cropped port bow of cutter on starboard close reach under mainsail, staysail and jib, long shot, centered on vessel in heavy seas, bow up, showing only Mr. and Mrs. T.O.M. Sopwith standing at the wheel of the boat, photograph taken close to port bow. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. For more information see: A CENTURY UNDER SAIL, text by Stanley Rosenfeld, p. 85. Stamped on original negative sleeve: "69318F" and handwritten: "Endeavour / 4101 / [Exclusive?] for Y".

1984.187.69318F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection