RESOLUTE, circa 1920

gelatin silver print

PHOTOGRAPHS
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, NY, Brooklyn
circa 1920
emulsion on printing paper
overall: 8 x 10 in.; 20.32 x 25.4 cm

8x10 gelatin silver print made from an 8x10 glass negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons circa 1920. Image of RESOLUTE at Morse Dry Dock & Repair Co., Brooklyn, New York. Visible in image: crowd of people looking at vessel in dry dock on a cradle starboard bow view, flag flying off transom and sail cover on boom. Sign on cradle reads "THIS IS THE LARGEST / FLOATING DRY DOCK / IN THE WORLD / MORSE DRY DOCK / & REPAIR CO. / BROOKLYN" and there are ladders leaning against the dry dock wall. Stamped on verso: "PLEASE CREDIT / PHOTOGRAPH BY / MORRIS ROSENFELD, N.Y.". Embossed on surface lower right corner: "M. ROSENFELD, N.Y.". Written on reverse: "Resolute". No original negative number or image found. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.300693.1

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection