WHIRLWIND

black-and-white photograph; safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA
1930-6-16
safety film, Eastman Kodak
overall: 4 x 5 in.

4 x 5 copy negative made from an 8 x 10 print, originating as a 5 x 7 Kodak safety negative. Image taken by Rosenfeld and Sons, on June 16, 1930. Starboard beam view of the J Class sloop WHIRLWIND under sail on a port tack. WHIRLWIND was designed by L. Francis Herreshoff, and built by the Lawley Yard in South Boston. She was launched in 1930 as a potential America's Cup defender. View shows vessel close-hauled and heeled rail-down. For more information see: A CENTURY UNDER SAIL, text by Stanley Z. Rosenfeld, page 66.

1984.187.39951FCN

Mystic Seaport Museum, Rosenfeld Collection