Philip Leonard Rhodes (1895-1974), naval architect, photographed 1939

black-and-white photograph; safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
1939
safety film, Eastman Kodak #145
overall: 5 x 4 in

5x4 Kodak negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons in 1939. Image of the designer, Phil Rhodes holding a pipe, posed, standing on a dock along the waterfront with other docks behind him. Philip Rhodes was a naval architect, engineer and yacht broker. He was also the designer of hydroplanes, motorsailers, dinghies and motor yachts. The Rhodes firm succeeded Cox and Stevens in 1946 in New York City. Stamped on neg. sleeve: "91476F / [Box] 4522". Handwritten info.: "Phil Rhodes". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.91476F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection