WEETAMOE, J Class, New York Yacht Club Cruise, 1936

safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, RI, Newport
1936
safety film, Kodak #62
5 x 7 in.

5x7 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons in 1936. Image of 126' Sparkman & Stephens designed, Herreshoff built J class sloop WEETAMOE (built 1930 in Bristol, R.I.) on NYYC Cruise 1936 off Newport, R.I. Visible in image: cropped starboard bow view of WEETAMOE on port close reach under mainstail, staysail and jib, heeled over, rail down so a full view of deck is seen, crew seated aft, land in background. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. For more information see: A CENTURY UNDER SAIL, text by Stanley Rosenfeld, p. 102-103. Stamped on original negative sleeve: "77067F / N Y Y C CRUISE 1936 / 4288" and handwritten: "Weetamoe".

1984.187.77067F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection