POLARIS on fire, 1941

black-and-white negative; nitrate negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - NITRATE NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, NY, New York, Bronx, City Island
May 27, 1941
nitrate negative
overall: 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 in.

2.25x2.25 nitrate negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons on, May 27, 1941. Image of water stream from the dock onto POLARIS to help put out a fire while she was a City Island. Fire has destroyed most of the super structure. View of the starboard side. CREDIT LINE; Mystic Seaport Museum, Rosenfeld Collection. Stamped; "100942FJ / [Box] 4678". "Handwritten; "5/27/41, Fire on a boat at City Island."

1984.187.100942FJ

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection