GOOSE, #6/US81, International Six Meter Races, 1953

safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS
Rosenfeld and Sons
1953-09-22
safety film, Kodak #428
overall: 5 x 4 in.

5x4 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons at the time of the Six Meter International Races held on September 22, 1953. Image of the 6 Meter, GOOSE, #US81(built in 1938 by Henry B. Nevins, Inc. of City Island , New York and designed by Sparkman and Stephens), undersail on a windy day, port beam view on a reach on a starboard tack with partial view of the deck toward the camera. Spinnaker is set but low and there is a man at the very bow area furling the foreward sail now not in use. Stamped neg. sleeve info.: 138368F / [Box] 5305." Typed: "Old World-New World / Intnl 6 Metre Race / Goose". Handwritten: "9/22 / 6/US 81". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.138368F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection