SHAMROCK V and ENTERPRISE, 3rd America's Cup Race, 1930
safety negative
PHOTOGRAPHSRosenfeld and Sons
USA, RI, Newport
1930-09-17
safety film, Kodak #152
overall: 5 x 7 in.
5x7 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons during the third race of the 1930 America's Cup on September 17th. Image is long shot of the America's Cup challenger and defender racing off Newport, Rhode Island with spectators in the distant background. Image shows both competitors in a port bow view on a starboard tack. SHAMROCK V, a 120'9" cutter, the British challenger, was built in Gosport, England in 1929 by Camper and Nicholson from designs by Charles W. Nicholson, is on the left and ENTERPRISE, #J4, a 120'10" J boat, design by Burgess & Morgan, Ltd. and built by Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. in 1930, is on the right. Stamped neg. sleeve info.: "42736F / Box 2986". Handwritten: "Start / 9/17". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.
1984.187.42736F
Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection