YANKEE 1930

black-and-white photograph; safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA
1930
safety film
overall: 5 x 4 in.

4 x 5 copy negative, from a print, originally printed from a 5 x 7 glass plate negative. Original negative taken by Rosenfeld and Sons on July 9, 1930. Port bow view of the J Class sloop YANKEE under sail. Vessel seen sailing downwind with spinnaker or balloon jib set. The Boston yacht YANKEE, measured 125 feet, 6 inches overall, and was average in size and performance for 1930. For more information see: A CENTURY UNDER SAIL, text by Stanley Z. Rosenfeld, page 63. Stamped on negative sleeve: "MORRIS ROSENFELD & SONS / 175 RIVERSIDE DRIVE / NEW YORK, NY 10024 / PHONE (212) 787-6653".

1984.187.40863FCN

Mystic Seaport Museum, Rosenfeld Collection