MUSTANG, spray cloths and doghouse, Newport-Bermuda, 1946

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - NITRATE NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
1946
nitrate negative
overall: 4 x 5 in.

4x5 nitrate negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons before the start of the Newport to Bermuda Race in June of 1946. Image taken from amidships looking aft of a closeup of the deck of the New York 32 Class sloop, MUSTANG (DS:S&S; BU: Nevins, 1936), sail #17, showing spray cloths covering equipment, a canvass covered doghouse and line attached to pulleys. Stamped neg. sleeve info.: "113920F / [Box] 4895." Typed: "NEWPORT BERMUDA 1946." Handwritten, "MUSTANG - SPRAY CLOTHS." CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.113920F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection