MIGRANT, undersail, print, ca. 1929

gelatin silver print

PHOTOGRAPHS
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, Long Island Sound
ca. 1929
emulsion on photographic paper
overall: 8 x 10 in.

8x10 gelatin silver print made by Rosenfeld and Sons ca. 1929. Image of MIGRANT undersail, port bow view on a mild port tack with three smaller launches and runabouts hanging from davits on the port side. MIGRANT was a 223'3" auxiliary schooner, 3-masted, built in 1929 by George Lawley and Son Corp. of Neponset, Massachusetts from designs by Henry J. Gielow, Inc. No original negative number found at this time. Handwritten info. from verso of print: "0 / 104447 / Migrant". Partially readable stamp in green ink center: "This Photograph is sold with the following understanding that it is for YOUR USE ONLY and not to be SYNDICATED or COPIED...". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

NN.1984.187.315

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection