"SUNBEAM, 1939"
gelatin silver print
PHOTOGRAPHSRosenfeld and Sons
1939-09-17
emulsion on photographic paper
6 x 4 x 0 in.
4x6 gelatin silver print from 4x5 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons on September 17, 1939. Image of 60' John Alden designed, Reed-Cook Marine Construction Company built auxiliary semifisherman schooner SUNBEAM (built 1922 in Boothbay Harbor, Me.) undersail. Visible in image: port beam view of SUNBEAM on starboard broad reach under marconi-rigged mainsail, gaff-rigged foresail, club-footed staysail and jib, crew spread out on bowsprit and in cockpit, land in background. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. For more information see: SLEEK, text by John Rousmaniere, p. 97 and 117. Stamped on back in oval: “MORRIS ROSENFELD / PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATOR / 116 NASSAU ST. N.Y. / Phone Beekman 3-4970” and "94505F".
1984.187.94505F.1
Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection