Fogbound, 1954

negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
New York: Montauk
1954
4x5 in.

4x5 negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons in 1954. Image of 37' Nathanael G. Herreshoff designed, Seth Persson built auxiliary sloop ROGUE (built 1953 in Saybrook, Conn.), 29' Robert Henry designed, Oxford Boat Yard built auxiliary sloop WINDS-WAY (built 1948 in Oxford, Md.), 33' Sparkman & Stephens designed, Knutson Shipbuilding Corp. built auxiliary sloop SABLE (built 1946 in Huntington, NY), 39' Philip L. Rhodes designed, Palmer Scott & Co. built auxiliary sloop CANTY (built 1942 in New Bedford, Mass.), and 45' Sparkman & Stephens designed, Henry J. Nevins built New York class sloop WINDWARD (built 1936 in City Island, N.Y.) at anchor in Montauk, N.Y. during Off-Soundings Race. Visible in image: stern view of "ROGUE / ESSEX", "WINDS-WAY / ESSEX", "SABLE / ESSEX", "CANTY / ESSEX", and "WINDWARD / ESSEX" at anchor in fog, other unidentified sailing vessels at anchor in background, group of men on SABLE and CANTY, including Stan Bradford lighting a pipe. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. For more information see: A CENTURY UNDER SAIL, text by Stanley Rosenfeld, p. 153. Stamped on original negative sleeve: "141461F / OFF SOUNDINGS- 1954 / 5357" and handwritten: "Fog-Montauk".

ROGUE sloop; WINDSWAY sloop; SABLE sloop; CANTY sloop; WINDWARD sloop (Stan Bradford's boat)
1984.187.141461F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection