YANKEE, sloop underway 1930

copy negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
1930-07-09
overall: 4 x 5 in.; 10.16 x 12.7 cm

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, Rosenfeld Collection