VINKY, Raven Class, #31, collapsing sail, Larchmont Race Week, 1950

safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, NY, Larchmont
1950-07-18
safety film, Kodak #440
overall: 5 x 4 in.

5x4 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons on June 18, 1950 during the time of Larchmont Race Week. The vessel is the 24' Roger McAleer designed Raven Class centerboard sloop VINKY, believed to have been built by Cape Cod Shipbuilding Company of Wareham, Massachusetts. Image of VINKY, sail #31, port bow view with mainsail and spinnaker collapsing. Stamped on the original negative sleeve: "127152F / JUL 18 1950 / LARCHMONT RACE-WEEK / 1950 / [Box] 5118" and handwritten: "Raven 31 - Collapsing sail". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.127152F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection