VIM, #US15, deck view with crew, America's Cup Preliminary Trials, 1958

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, RI, Newport
1958-07-11 - 1958-07-18
safety film, Kodak
overall: 4 x 5 in.

4x5 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons at the America's Cup Preliminary Trials July 11th to the 18th, 1958 off Newport, Rhode Island. Image of a partial, closeup view of VIM taken from the starboard side showing the deck and many of the crew in rain gear and long pants. VIM, #US15, was a 70' 12 meter class sloop, designed by Sparkman & Stephens and built by Henry B. Nevins, Inc. of City Island, New York in 1939. Stamped negative sleeve info.: "160303F / CUP TRIALS / [Box] 5659". Handwritten: "Vim - deck". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.160303F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection