KIRAWAN launch from Jacobson & Peterson, Mr. & Mrs. Robert P. Baruch, owner and sponsor, 1937

black-and-white photograph; safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, NY, Brooklyn
1936-05-23
safety film, Eastman Kodak #47; emulsion recovered
overall: 7 x 5 in.

7x5 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons on May 23, 1936. Posed view, full figure, of the owner and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Baruch, at the Jakobson yard with their vessel on the ways behind them ready for launching. KIRAWAN was a 53 ft. auxiliary cutter, by Philip L. Rhodes of Cox & Stevens, Inc. and built by Jakobson & Peterson, Inc. in 1936 for Robert P. Baruch of New York, NY. Stamped neg. sleeve info.: "74838F / MAY 23 1936 / [Box] 4248". Handwritten: "Mr. + Mrs. R.P. Baruch". Notation of possible print sent to "Y"(Yachting magazine). CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.74838F

Mystic Seaport Museum, Rosenfeld Collection