ARIES, #US25, and BAGATELLE, #US20, International 5.5 Meter Races, 1961

black-and -white negative

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

5x4 safety film photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons during the time of the International 5.5 Meter Class Races held in 1961. Image of ARIES, #US25, and BAGATELLE, #US20, racing, port beam/quarter view, spinnakers set and mainsails reaching on a windy day. BAGATELLE is in the foreground heeled over in a strong starboard tack with the very end of mainsail boom in the water. ARIES is behind BAGATELLE and only a partial view can be seen of her. Both ARIES and BAGATELLE 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.: "170821 / [Box] 5834". Handwritten: "ARIES 25 - BAGATELLE 20". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.170821F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection