"12 Metres under Spinnaker, rough water, 1939"
safety negative
PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVESRosenfeld and Sons
1939
7 x 5 x 0 in.
5x7 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons in 1939. Image of 69' Burgess & Morgan designed, Abeking & Rasmussen built 12 meter class cutter ZIO and sloop NIGHTWIND (built 1928 in Lemwerder, Germany) on NYYC Cruise. Visible in image: port quarter views of ZIO (12/3) and NIGHTWIND (12/1) running before the wind under marconi-rigged mainsails and spinnakers over rough water. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. For more information see: SLEEK, text by John Rousmaniere, p. 95 and 117. Handwritten on negative sleeve: “Zio and Night Wind” and stamped: "93636F / NYYC CRUISE 1939 / 4558".
1984.187.93636F
Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection