COLUMBIA, #US16, 1961

color slide (35mm only)

PHOTOGRAPHS - 35MM SLIDES
Rosenfeld and Sons
June 1961
color film, Kodachrome; cardboard mount
overall: 1 x 1 1/2 in.

35mm color slide photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons. Image of COLUMBIA, #US16, on a port tack ,close hauled in a brisk breeze. 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 and rigged by Rod Stephens. COLUMBIA sailed 40 trial races in 1958 and was skippered by Briggs Cunningham. COLUMBIA successfully defended against the British Royal Yacht Club's 12 meter sloop SCEPTRE in the 1958 America's Cup races. COLUMBIA was bought and modified by Paul and Cornelius Shields for the 1962 America's Cup. Although a contender during the trials, she was not selected as the defender. Mount info. handwritten: " Columbia 1962". Embossed: "JUNE61" and stamped: "MADE IN U.S.A../ (black) 10 ". Manufacturer's info. on verso: "KODACHROME II TRANSPARENCY / PROCESSED BY KODAK". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

BOX.1984.187.1.8.1

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection