LISMORE II, schooner port beam view, 1924

glass negative

5x7 glass plate negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons on July 11, 1924. Image of 76' Smith & Williams Co. schooner LISMORE II (built 1923) underway. Visible in image: port beam view of schooner on starboard beam reach with gaff-rigged main and fore sail, main topsail, staysail and jib raised, the Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club burgee- blue triangle with cross of stars- flies from the foremast, Redmond Keresey Jr.'s burgee- dark swallowtail with K inside circle- flies from mainmast, and American Yacht ensign flies from mainsail, man tending jib on deck, man at helm, lifeboat on davits and tied in, liferings marked with vessel name, another schooner and land in background. Typed on original negative sleeve: "12698-F" and handwritten: "7/11/24 / Lismore II / 18-252 / Box 1108". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection