ESCAPADE, port quarter, Lipton Race, 1950

safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, FL
1950
safety film, Kodak #54
overall: 5 x 4 in

5 x 4 in. safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons during the Lipton Race, 1950 off Florida. Image of ESCAPADE, sail #108, undersail, port quarter view with spinnaker set and sails reaching. Clouds in the background in the sky. ESCAPADE was a 72'6" auxiliary centerboard yawl, designed by Phil Rhodes of Cox & Stevens and built by Luders Marine Construction Company of Stamford, Connecticut in 1938. Owned from 1947-1955 by the Jefferson Company. Stamped on the sleeve: "125756F / LIPTON RACE / FLORIDA / 1950 / [Box] 5094". Handwritten: "Escapade #108". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.125756F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection