RHUBARB and SOUTHERN STAR II, Miami to Nassau Race, 1959

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, FL
1959
safety film
overall: 4 x 5 in.

4x5 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons during the time of the Miami to Nassau Race off Florida in 1959. Image of RHUBARB, #543 (on the left), and SOUTHERN STAR II, #548, both 40-foot Block Island Class boats, racing in rough seas on a sunny day, port quarter view. RHUBARB was a 40'3" auxiliary yawl, 40' Block Island Class, #543, designed by William H. Tripp Jr. and built by Beetle Boat Company of East Greenwich, Rhode Island in 1958. SOUTHERN STAR II, sail #548, was a 40'8" Block Island Class auxiliary yawl built by American Boat Building Corporation of East Greenwich, Rhode Island from designs by William H. Tripp, Jr. in 1958 and owned in 1959 by Dr. James W. Mullen, II. Stamped negative sleeve info.: "162568F / FLORIDA-1959 / [Box] 5697". Typed: "MIAMI-NASSAU RACE". Handwritten: "543-Rhubarb - 548-Southern Star II". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

RHUBARB yawl, 40' Block Isl. Class, #543; SOUTHERN STAR II yawl, 40' Block Isl. Class, #548
1984.187.162568F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection