ENTERPRISE sail in Ratsy and Lapthorn loft, 1930

safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, NY, New York, Bronx, City Island
March 13, 1930
Kodak safety film
overall: 8 x 10 in.; 20.32 x 25.4 cm

8 x 10 Kodak safety negative taken by Rosenfeld and Sons on March 13, 1930. View of the sail of the J Class sloop ENTERPRISE, seen laid out in the Ratsey and Lapthorn sail loft, City Island, NY. Fifty nine people seen posed holding up material along the edge of the sail. ENTERPRISE was a 1930 America's Cup defender. She was designed by Burgess & Morgan and built by Herreshoff in 1930. She measured 121 feet in length. Typed on original negative sleeve: "37718 / 2037 / 3/13/30 / Ratsey & Lapthorne[sic], City Is, NY Photo of sail in plant".

1984.187.37718

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection