"Wee Scots and a Bullseye, 1933"

black-and-white photograph; safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld Conservation, Save American Treasures, IMLS
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, NY, Larchmont
1933-07-18
safety film; emulsion recovered
overall: 5 x 7 in.

5x7 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons on July 18, 1933. Image of the start of the 15' Thomas D. Scott designed, Milton Point Shipyard built Wee Scott class sloops, including WEE BUDLET (built after 1924 in Rye, NY), the 15.5' William Crosby designed Snipe class sloops, including PUFFY DOODLE (built after 1931 by private individuals), the 16' Herreshoff Bullseye class sloops including BULLFROG (built after 1914 in Bristol, RI), and the 16' Charles D. Mower designed Meteor class sloops (built after 1928) at Larchmont Race Week, Larchmont, NY. Visible in image: starboard views of, from left to right, BULLFROG (Bullseye 2), WS 180, WS 12, WS 108, WS 236, WS 90, WS 17, M 3, WS 35, WS 23, Snipe 11, PUFFY DOODLE (Snipe 14), M 18, WS 248, Bullseye, WS 71, WS 14, WEE BUDLET (WS 229), 2, 447, Bullseye 4 on port tacks under marconi-rigged mainsails and jibs approaching the race mark boat with flag in a pack, land in background. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. For more information see: SLEEK, text by John Rousmaniere, p. 82 and 115. Handwritten on negative sleeve: “Wee Scott's Start” and stamped: "64834F / JUL 18 1933 / LARCHMONT RACE WEEK / 3809".

1984.187.64834F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection