International 5.5 Meter Races, 1961

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
1961
safety film
overall: 4 x 5 in.

4x5 safety film photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons during the time of the International 5.5 Meter Class Races held in 1961. In the foreground to the left are two 5.5 Meter sloops and four other sloops in the distance. From left to right: #KB1 SAGA IV, #US25 ARIES, #US27 WILDCAT, #US29 ARIADNE, #US6 SABRE and #US28 unidentified, undersail, starboard quarter views three with spinnakers set. All vessels shown were 5.5 Meter Class 35' sloops. 5.5 Metre Class vessels racing internationally were required to conform to the Universal Rules for 5.5 Meters. Stamped negative sleeve info.: "170982 / [Box] 5837". Handwritten: "5.5 Races / 25 Aries / Hemerdinger". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.170982F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection