Paul Shields on COLUMBIA, #US16,1961
color slide (35mm only)
PHOTOGRAPHS - 35MM SLIDESRosenfeld and Sons
USA, RI, Newport
July 1961
color film, Kodachrome; cardboard mount
overall: 1 1/2 x 1 in.
35mm color slide photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons July of 1961 most likely off Newport, Rhode Island. Image of the primary owner of COLUMBIA, Paul Shields, seated in the cockpit at the wheel enjoying the sun. COLUMBIA was a 69'7" 12 Meter sloop built for the America's Cup defense in 1958 by Henry B. Nevins, Inc. of City Island, New York from designs by Olin Stephens. She was bought by Paul and Cornelius Shields to participate in the 1962 Cup races. Mount info: Embossed: "(red)32 / JUL 61 N" and stamped, "MADE IN U.S.A.". Manufacturer's info.: "KODACHROME II TRANSPARENCY / PROCESSED BY KODAK". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.
BOX.1984.187.1.9.12
Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection