MICCO, ketch at Newport -Bermuda Race 1924

copy negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
1924-06-21
overall: 4 x 5 in.; 10.16 x 12.7 cm

4 x 5 copy negative made from an 8 x 10 gelatin silver print, originally from a 5 x 7 glass plate negative. Image taken by Rosenfeld and Sons on June 14, 1924. Starboard beam view of the auxiliary ketch MICCO under sail. Vessel seen at the Newport to Bermuda Race, a four to six day excursion. Spectators seen in background, including unidentified power and sailing vessels to the far right (cropped from prints). MICCO was built in 1891 and measured 40 feet 6 inches at waterline, and had draft of 4 feet. She was built by A.C. Brown in Staten Island, and was an Ralph M. Monroe design. For more information see: A CENTURY UNDER SAIL, text by Stanley Z. Rosenfeld, page 55.

1984.187.12290FCN

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection