EDLU and STORMY WEATHER, 1936

safety negative

5x7 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons in 1936. Image of 56' Sparkman & Stephens designed, Henry B. Nevins built auxiliary yawl EDLU (built 1934 in City Island, NY) and 54' Sparkman & Stephens designed, Henry B. Nevins built yawl STORMY WEATHER (built 1934 in City Island, NY) undersail. Visible in image: port bow view of EDLU (56) flying Larchmont Yacht Club burgee- white triangle with blue vertical stripes on mainmast and STORMY WEATHER flying owner Philip LeBoutillier's private signal- white swallowtail with blue stripe in center and four red dots forming a square around the stripe on mizzen mast and New York Yacht Club's burgee- blue triangle with red cross with star in center on mainmast on starboard close reach under marconi-rigged mizzensails and mainsails, EDLU has a staysail and jib raised, STORMY WEATHER has a genoa raised, land in background . CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. For more information see: SLEEK, text by John Rousmaniere, p. 84 and 115. Handwritten on negative sleeve: “Edlu + Stormy Weather” and stamped: "74746F / 4247".

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection