cutter SONNY under sail, starboard beam, port tack, Fire Island Race, 1936

black-and-white photograph; safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, Long Island Sound
1936-07
safety film, Eastman Kodak #102; emulsion recovered
overall: 7 x 5 in.

7x5 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons in July of 1936. Image of SONNY undersail, starboard beam view with some of deck visible. Shoreline in the distance. SONNY was a 53'6" auxiliary cutter designed by Sparkman & Stephens, Inc. and built by Robert Jacob, Inc. of City Island, New York in 1935 and was owned by Albert D. Phelps in 1936. Stamped neg. sleeve info.: 75952F / [Box] 4270". Handwritten: "Sonny". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.75952F

Mystic Seaport Museum, Rosenfeld Collection