SHAMROCK V and ENTERPRISE, Start of America's Cup Race, 1930
black-and -white negative
PHOTOGRAPHSRosenfeld and Sons
USA, RI, Newport
1930-09-15
safety film, Kodak #152
5 x 7 x 0 in.
5x7 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons on September 15, 1930. Image of 121' Charles W. Nicholson designed, Camper & Nicholson built J class sloop SHAMROCK V (built 1929 in Gosport, England) and 121' Burgess & Morgan, Inc. designed, Herreshoff built J class sloop ENTERPRISE (built 1930 in Bristol, R.I.) at the start of an America's Cup race, off Newport, RI. Visible in image: cropped starboard beam view of SHAMROCK V (with dark hull) and ENTERPRISE (white hull with "4" sail number) on starboard close reaches under marconi-rigged mainsails, staysails, jibs and flying jibs with motor cruiser in background, SHAMROCK's crew tending mainsail lines. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. For more information see: SLEEK, text by John Rousmaniere, p. 65 and 113. Handwritten on negative sleeve: “9/15/30 / Start / R” and stamped: "42676F / BOX 2983". Condition: pinholes in four corners, silvered edges, fingerprints, scratched gloss and emulsion, odor, spots on emulsion. See 2 related prints stored in Printer’s Print File and Numerical File respectively. DUP 1
1984.187.42676F
Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection