gelatin silver print

PHOTOGRAPHS
Rosenfeld and Sons
1926-07
emulsion on photographic paper
10 x 8 x 0 in.

8x10 gelatin silver print from 5x7 glass plate negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons between July 17-24, 1926. Image of 58.5' Cox & Stevens designed, Bath Iron Works built Seawanhaka Corinthian auxiliary schooners NADJI and FEI SEEN(built 1925 in Bath, Me.) at Larchmont Race Week, off Larchmont, NY. Visible in image: port quarter view of NADJI, flying private signal of Henry L. DeForest: blue swallowtail with white diamond in center and red outline on inner tail- and FEI SEEN, flying private signal of Irving Cox: white swallowtail with cross with black vertical and red horizontal triangular arms- on starboard close reach under marconi-rigged mainsails, main staysail and fisherman's staysail, club-footed forestaysail and flying jib. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. For more information see: SLEEK, text by John Rousmaniere, p. 49 and 111. Handwritten on back: "Nadji + Fei Seen / 19498F". Embossed in lower right corner: “MORRIS ROSENFELD / N.Y.”.

1984.187.19498F.1

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection