WILD GOOSE, #11, Bayside-Block Island Race, 1931

safety negative

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.

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection