ENTERPRISE Below Decks, 1930

copy negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
1930-09-13 (original negative)
overall: 4 x 5 in.; 10.16 x 12.7 cm

4 x 5 copy negative, from a gelatin silver print, made from a 5 x 7 Kodak safety negative. Original negative taken by Rosenfeld and Sons on September 13, 1930. Interior view of the J-Class sloop ENTERPRISE. Description by Stanley Rosenfeld, "To the left are backstay winches and mainsheet spools with mainsheet brake. On the midship line, the boom downhaul winch is attached to the mast, and closer to the camera is the white wheel of the center board winch. Under the ladder are the handle and shaft for operating the on-deck jib topsail sheet winch." For more information see: A CENTURY UNDER SAIL, text by Stanley Z. Rosenfeld, page 69. The 120 foot J-Class sloop ENTERPRISE, was designed by Burgess and Morgan, and built by Herreshoff in Bristol, RI, 1930.

1984.187.42530FCN.2

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection