CYNTHIA, stateroom, 1922

gelatin silver print

PHOTOGRAPHS
Rosenfeld and Sons
Circa 1922
emulsion on photographic paper
overall: 8 x 10 in.

8x10 print made by Rosenfeld and Sons ca. 1922. Print of image shows the interior of the 130' steam yacht, CYNTHIA, a 130' diesel yacht built by the Tebo Yacht Basin of Brooklyn, New York from designs by Cox & Stevens in 1922, showing a stateroom. View of a double bed, vanity table with stool, built in couch with an embroidered pillow, a monogrammed pillow with 'MBM" on it and a chair. Original negative was destroyed by the Rosenfelds before being acquired by Mystic Seaport. Info. from print surface: "#14881". Embossed stamp lower right: "MORRIS ROSENFELD / N.Y.". Handwritten upper margin in pencil, "Photo "D"." Handwritten on verso in pencil: "Cynthia / Tebo Yt Basin / B4578". In black was pencil, "Illus 2251". Stamped in maroon ink: "MOTOR BOATING Ed. Dept. / NO.___(3138) / Size___ / Sent___(8/1) / Wanted___(8/5)". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

CYNTHIA motor yacht
1984.187.14881

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection