Atlantic Class race start, 1933

black-and-white photograph; safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld Conservation, Save American Treasures, IMLS
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, Long Island Sound
1933-07-01
safety film, Eastman Kodak #164; emulsion recovered
overall: 5 x 7 in.

5x7 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons July 1, 1933 on Long Island Sound. Image of six Atlantic Class sloops all racing in a line from left to right showing a port bow view on a starboard tack in high wind with a race committee boat in the background. Atlantic Class sloops were 30'6" length overall and were built by Abeking and Rasmussen of Lemwerder, Germany from designs by Burgess & Morgan in 1929. From left to right: #A37 SALTY, #A51 MARIANNA, #A81 CASAMAR, #A48 BOB-KAT, and #A12 whose name was either GLA-MOR or PATTY at this time. Typed neg. sleeve info.: "64542-F". Stamped: "JUL 1 - 1933 / [Box] 3791". Handwritten: "Start Atlantic Class / A37". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.64542F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection