VIKING, starboard bow view of crew working while undersail, Newport Bermuda Race, 1932

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
1932
safety film, Kodak #130
overall: 5 x 7 in.

5x7 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons during the Bermuda Race in 1932. Image is a starboard bow view of crew working while undersail on board the vessel VIKING. VIKING was a 49'10" cutter designed by Frederic J. Wells and built by Reuben Heisler of Chester Basin, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1930. She was owned by Philip Le Boutillier, Sr. starting in 1932. Her later names were VARIANT and SHIELA. Stamped neg. sleeve info.: "61145F / BERMUDA 1932 / [Box] 3568". Handwritten: "Viking, crew". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.61145F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection