cutter KIRAWAN under sail, starboard quarter, reaching on a port tack, Fire Island Race, 1936

black-and-white photograph; safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, Long Island Sound
1936-07
safety film, Eastman Kodak #102; emulsion recovered
overall: 7 x 5 in.

7x5 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons during the time of the New York Athletic Club Race to Block Island in July of 1936. Image of KIRAWAN while she is undersail showing a long shot, starboard quarter view with a candid image of eight crewmen on deck and mainsail reaching. KIRAWAN was a 53 ft. auxiliary cutter designed by Philip L. Rhodes of Cox & Stevens, Inc. and built by Jakobson & Peterson, Inc. in 1936 for Robert P. Baruch of New York. Stamped neg. sleeve info.: "75913F / [Box] 4269". Handwritten: "Kirawan". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.75913F

Mystic Seaport Museum, Rosenfeld Collection