MADAME, Victory Class sloop, 1932

gelatin silver print

4x5 gelatin silver print from 5x7 safety film photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons on July 23, 1932. Image of 31.5' William Gardner designed, Henry B. Nevins built Victory Class sloop MADAME (built 1920 in City Island, NY) undersail. Visible in image: port beam view of MADAME (V/10) on port beam reach under marconi-rigged mainsail. club-footed staysail and spinnaker, four crew members sit in cockpit with boy looking over his shoulder at the camera, land and large fluffy clouds in background. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. For more information see: SLEEK, text by John Rousmaniere, p. 77 and 115. Handwritten on back: "61640-F".

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection