WAHOO, launching, 1928

safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, NY, Morris Heights
April 17, 1928
safety film, Kodak #38
overall: 5 x 7 in.

5x7 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons at the formal launching of WAHOO on April 17, 1928 at the New York Yacht, Launch and Engine Company of Morris Heights, New York. Image is a long shot taken from inside the work shed looking at the vessel sliding on the ways into the water, bow on view. WAHOO was an 85' motor yacht designed and built by New York Yacht, Launch and Engine Company of Morris Heights, New York in 1928 and owned by R.R.M. Carpenter. Typewritten neg. sleeve info.: "27620-F / 4/17/28 / NYYacht[sic] Launch & Eng. Co. / Wahoo launching." Handwritten: "Box 2032". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.27620F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection