LISMORE II, schooner underway, 1924

black-and-white photograph; glass negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, RI, Block Island
1924-07-11
emulsion on glass

5x7 glass plate negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons on July 11, 1924. Image of 76' Smith & Williams Co. schooner LISMORE II (built 1923) underway. Visible in image: port quarter view of schooner on starboard run with gaff-rigged main and fore sail, main topsail, staysail and jib raised, the Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club burgee- blue triangle with cross of stars- flies from the foremast, Redmond Keresey Jr.'s burgee- dark swallowtail with K inside circle- flies from mainmast, and American Yacht ensign flies from mainsail, two crewmen amidships, man at helm, lifeboat on davits and tied in, liferings , another schooner and land in background. Typed on original negative sleeve: "12694-F" and handwritten: "7/11/24 / Lismore II / Box 1107". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. Condition: silvered overall, fingerprints, amber/purplish discoloration beginning on edge and around cracked lifting emulsion, scratches.Handwritten neg. sleeve info.: "Lismore II. Owned by Redmond Keresy, Jr., Lawrence Long Island. Built in 1923 by Smith & Williams Co., Salisbury, Md.. Sails by Larsen, 45 Fulton St.. Designed by J. Murray Watts."

1984.187.12687F

Mystic Seaport Museum, Rosenfeld Collection