bow of schooner SARABAND D8 under sail, starboard aft, port tack, New York Yacht Club Cruise, 1936

black-and-white photograph; safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld Conservation, Save American Treasures, IMLS (180)
Rosenfeld and Sons
1936-08
safety film, Eastman Kodak #40; emulsion recovered
overall: 7 x 5 in.

5x7 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons in 1936. Image of 90' Herreshoff schooner SARABAND (built 1906 in Bristol, R.I.) at NYYC Cruise. Visible in image: cropped starboard beam view of SARABAND (D/8) on port close reach rail down heeled over under gaff-rigged main and foresails, staysail and jib, the schooner is kicking up a bow spray and her crew are balancing themselves as they walk forward. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. For more information see: SLEEK, text by John Rousmaniere, p. 85 and 116. Typed on negative sleeve: “SARABAND D-8 / NYYC CRUISE 1936” and stamped: "77011F".

1984.187.77011F

Mystic Seaport Museum, Rosenfeld Collection