MUSTANG, rigging, Newport to Bermuda Race, 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 of 1946 of Rod Stephens newly bought MUSTANG, a NY32' sloop originally designed by Sparkman & Stephens and built by Henry Nevins of City Island in 1936 previously known as REVONOC. Image is a closeup of the starboard side showing the detail of the rigging. Stamped neg. sleeve info.: "113914F / [Box] 4895". Typed: "NEWPORT BERMUDA 1946". Handwritten: "MUSTANG - RIGGING". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.113914F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection