sloop WILD GOOSE #11 at rest afloat, close on starboard beam, sails furled, Bayside to Block Island Race, 1931

black-and-white photograph; safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, RI, Block Island
1931-07-31
safety film, Eastman Kodak #29
overall: 5 x 7 in.

5x7 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons during the time of the Bayside to Block Island Race in 1931. Image of the crew of WILD GOOSE while undersail, starboard side view aft of four men wearing false beards. WILD GOOSE was a 43' auxiliary sloop, sail #11, built in 1930 and was designed and built by Herreshoff Mfg. of Bristol, Rhode Island. She was owned by Charles B. Rockwell, Jr. in 1931. Stamped neg. sleeve info.: "47602F / BAYSIDE BLOCK IS 1931". Handwritten: "Wild Goose, #11 crew / Box 3297". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.47602F

Mystic Seaport Museum, Rosenfeld Collection