ZAIDA II, schooner 1931

safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld Conservation, Save American Treasures, IMLS
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, RI, Newport
1931
safety film
5 x 7 x 0 in.

5x7 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons in 1931. Image of 52' John G. Alden designed, Charles A. Morse & Son built auxiliary schooner ZAIDA II (built 1930 in Thomaston, Me.) off Newport, RI. Visible in image: port beam view of ZAIDA II on port broad reach under marconi-rigged mainsail, gollywobbler, staysail and genoa, hull is low in the water so the crew looks like it is sitting in the water. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. For more information see: SLEEK, text by John Rousmaniere, p. 73 and 114. Handwritten on negative sleeve: “Zaida / Newport / Box 3331” and stamped: "48101F".

1984.187.48101F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection