NIRVANA, auxilliary schooner underway, 1922

gelatin silver print

3.5x5.5 gelatin silver print from 6x8 glass plate negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons on June 24, 1922. Image of 67.5' Nevins auxiliary schooner NIRVANA (built 1922) underway. Visible in image: starboard beam view of schooner on close-hauled port tack with main, fore and main topsail, clubfooted staysail and jib raised, Larchmont Yacht club burgee (blue and white striped triangular burgee) on the foremast and an unidentified triangular burgee with white cross on mainmast, shoreline in mist in background. Handwritten on back: "SCH NIRVANA 4386-S". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. Condition:

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection