SOERABAJA, Bayside to Block Island Race, 1940

safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
1940-07-26
safety film
overall: 4 x 5 in.

4x5 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons July 26, 1940 during the time of the Bayside to Block Island Race. Image of SOERABAJA, undersail, port beam view with sails reaching. SOERABAJA was a 41' auxiliary ketch built and designed by Casey Boat Building Company of Fairhaven, Massachusetts in 1930. Her owner in 1940 was Rudolph Loewenstein. Other name changes were: ANITAW, TORBATROSS, and SEA CALL. Stamped neg. sleeve info.: "97689F / JUL 26 1940 / [Box] 4623". Handwritten: "Soerabaja / Bayside BI Race". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.97689F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection