JAVA HEAD under sail during Miami-Nassau race, 1940

black-and -white negative

5x4 nitrate negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons, 1940. View from port beam of JAVA HEAD reaching on starboard tack during 1940 Miami-Nassau race. She stood by for an hour to render assistance to her competitor BOREALIS that had been dismasted. Her assistance cost her possible second place finish and resulted in eighth place finish. .Handwritten neg. sleeve info.: "JAVA HEAD." Stamped info.: "Miami Nassau 1940, [Box] 4585." CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport Museum, Rosenfeld Collection.

Mystic Seaport Museum, Rosenfeld Collection