sloop WILD GOOSE #11 under sail, starboard beam, port tack, 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 #49
overall: 7 x 5 in.

7x5 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons during the time of the Bayside to Block Island Race in 1931. Long shot of WILD GOOSE undersail, off-centered to the right of the neg., starboard beam view. In the background to the left is believed to the yawl, YAMA YAMA, #7, and in the distance is shoreline. 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.: "47618F / BAYSIDE BLOCK IS 1931". Handwritten: "Wild Goose #11 / Box 3298". Notation of prints possibly sent by Rosenfeld and Sons to the following: "R" (RUDDER) and "Y"(YACHTING). CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.47618F

Mystic Seaport Museum, Rosenfeld Collection