Henry Sears, photographed at the time of the New York Yacht Club Cruise, 1956

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
1956
safety film, Kodak
overall: 5 x 4 in.

5x4 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons in 1956 during the time of the New York Yacht Club Cruise in 1956. Image is a candid 3/4 figure view of Commodore Henry Sears standing in a formal pose along a railing with water in the background, hands in pockets in the yacht club uniform. Henry Sears was commodore of the New York Yacht Club in 1956 and a syndicate manager of the Sears-Cunningham Syndicate for the America's Cup defense for COLUMBIA, #US16, in 1958. Stamped neg. sleeve info.: "152331F / N.Y.Y.C. CRUISE 1956 / [Box] 5526". Handwritten: "Comm. Sears". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.152331F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection