WHIRLWIND, J class sloop undersail, 1930

copy negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
1930-06-16
overall: 4 x 5 in.; 10.16 x 12.7 cm

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

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