International One Designs racing, race start, port bow view, 1937

black-and-white photograph; safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
1937-06-12
safety film, Kodak #13
overall: 5 x 7 in.

5x7 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons during the time of an International One Design Class race start on June 12, 1937. View of eleven International One Design sloops showing a port bow view on a starboard tack. Identifiable sail numbers from left to right: #25 AILEEN, #3 MAID OF HONOUR, #12 ALERION III, #21 PICAROON, #1 ARIEL, #19 SUSAN, #5 FLICKER and to the far right a partial view of the race committee boat. International One Design sloops were a strict one-design class built starting in 1926 from designs by Bjarne Aas of Fredrikstad, Norway and were 33'2" length overall. Stamped neg. sleeve: "80772F / JUN 12 1937 / [Box] 4344". Handwritten: "Start / IOD Class". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.80772F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, image acquired in honor of Franz Schneider