Briggs S. Cunningham, 1958

color slide

PHOTOGRAPHS - 35 MM SLIDES
America's Cup
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, RI, Newport
1958
color film, Jack Ward, cardboard mount
overall: 1 x 1 1/2 in.

35mm color slide photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons probably in June of 1958 at Newport, Rhode Island. Close up view of three men working at the mast of COLUMBIA, US16, and the man in the center with the striped shirt is Briggs Cunningham who became her skipper. COLUMBIA was a 69'7" 12 Meter sloop, sail #US16, built for the America's Cup defense in 1958 by Henry B. Nevins, Inc. of City Island, New York from designs by Olin Stephens of Sparkman and Stephens, Inc. and rigged by Rod Stephens. Mount info. handwritten: none. Processor's stamp: "PATENTED / MADE IN U.S.A.". Manufacturer's info. on verso: "MU 7-1396 / PROCESSED BY JACK WARD COLOR SERVICE / 202 EAST 44, N.Y.". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. DUP 1

BOX.1984.187.1.5.5

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection