SONNY

black-and-white photograph; safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
1936-02
safety film, Eastman Kodak #110; emulsion recovered
overall: 7 x 5 in.

7x5 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons during the time of the Miami to Nassau Race of 1936. Image is a long shot of SONNY, sail #69, undersail, starboard quarter view, close-hauled on a port tack in rough seas. 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 in 1936 by Albert D. Phelps. Stamped neg. sleeve info.: "73459F / MIAMI-NASSAU 1936 / [Box] 4224". Handwritten: "Sonny". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.73459F

Mystic Seaport Museum, Rosenfeld Collection