RELIANCE, Hoisting main sail, 1903

gelatin silver print

PHOTOGRAPHS
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, NY, New York
1903 (original negative)
overall: 10 x 8 in.; 25.4 x 20.32 cm

8x10 gelatin silver print from 8x10 glass plate negative taken by Rosenfeld and Sons in 1903. Image of the crew of the cutter RELIANCE hoising the mainsail. Visible in image: crew on main halyard, with two men hauling and the rest tailing, one man standing on boom, mate tending a line attached to the sail, town in background on shore. Stamped on back in blue rectangular box: "MORRIS ROSENFELD & SONS / PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATORS / 163 WEST 23rd ST., N.Y. 10011 / Phone: 989-2404" and in blue: "MORRIS ROSENFELD & SONS / PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATORS / 116 NASSAU STREET, N.Y. 10038 / Phone 233-4970". Written on back: "Reliance Hoisting Mainsail- 1903- Reliance".

B.1984.187.966.1

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection