Afterguard on board COLUMBIA, #US16, 1958
black-and-white filmstrip (35mm) only
PHOTOGRAPHS - FILMSTRIPSRosenfeld and Sons
USA, RI, Newport
1958
safety film, Kodak Plus X Pan Film
overall: 1 x 1 1/2 in.
35mm film frame #20 photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons at the time of the pre-America's Cup races off Newport, Rhode Island in 1958. Image of four men standing in the cockpit of the vessel COLUMBIA posing for photographs. The man standing to the left of the wheel is Briggs Cunningham and the man seated at the wheel is Olin J. Stephens, her designer. COLUMBIA was a 69'7" 12 Meter sloop, sail #US16, built for the America's Cup defense in 1958 by Henry B. Nevins, Inc. of City Island, New York from designs by Olin Stephens of Sparkman and Stephens and rigged by Rod Stephens. Neg. sleeve info. stamped: "161433". Manufacturing stamps: "Agfa Isopan / Agfacolor / Negativifilm / Afga 35mm Film / MADE IN GERMANY". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.
1984.187.161433.20
Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection