WIG WAG, starboard beam view underway, Spanish Ocean Race, 1928

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
July 07, 1928
safety film, Kodak
overall: 5 x 7 in.

5x7 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons at the time of the start of the Spanish Ocean Race July 7, 1928 . Image of 62' cruiser WIG WAG, starboard beam view. WIG WAG was designed and built in 1924 by the Consolidated Ship Building Corporation of Morris Heights, New York. Her owner in 1928 was Howard S. Borden who also owned in 1924 a 50' Consolidated of the same name. Typed on the original negative sleeve: "29203-F" and written: 7/7/28 / Wig Wag / Cou? / Box 2138". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.29203F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection