FINISTERRE, #260, Newport-Bermuda Race, 1958

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
1958
safety film
overall: 5 x 4 in.

5x4 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons during the time of the Newport to Bermuda Race of 1956. Image is a port quarter view aft of the vessel FINISTERRE in a strong wind, mainsail reaching with spinnaker set. FINISTERRE was a 38'8" auxiliary yawl, sail #260, built by Seth Persson of Saybrook, Connecticut in 1954 from designs by Sparkman & Stephens, Inc. Stamped: 159864F / [Box] 5652 / NEWPORT BERMUDA 1958". Handwritten: "Finisterre 260 - Winner of Race + of Class D". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.159864F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection