Manhasset Bay Challenge Cup, 1953

safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, NY, New York
1953-02-06
safety film, Defender
overall: 10 x 8 in.; 25.4 x 20.32 cm

8 x 10 Defender safety negative taken by Morris Rosenfeld on February 6, 1953. View of the Manhasset Bay Challenge Cup posed in a studio setting. Ornate sterling silver cup flanked by fish designs and crowned by two Native American faces, alternated with the Manhasset Bay Yacht Club burgee and seal. Engraved on trophy: "MANHASSET / BAY / CHALLENGE / FOR / THIRTY FOOT / SLOOPS". stamped on original negative sleeve: "65835 2/6/53 / [Box 3002". Typed info.: "Richard F Becker / c/o Gibbs & Cox / 21 West St, City / Photo of Manhasset Bay Challenge / Cup for 30' Sloops".

1984.187.65835

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection