COLUMBIA's crew, #US16, posed view, America's Cup, 1958

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, RI, Newport
1958-09-20 - 1958-09-26
safety film, Kodak
overall: 4 x 5 in.

4x5 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons in September of 1958 in Newport, Rhode Island. Port beam view of COLUMBIA aft of the 1958 America's Cup crew. From left to right: Roderick Stephens, Wally Tobin, Colin Ratsey, Jimmy Halsam, Halsey Herreshoff, Glit Shields, Vic Romagna, Olin Stephens, Henry Sears, Briggs Cunningham and Fred Lawton. COLUMBIA was a 69'7" 12 meter sloop, sail #US16, built for the America's Cup defense in 1958 by Henry B. Nevins, Inc. of City Island, New York from designs by Olin Stephens of Sparkman and Stephens and rigged by Rod Stephens. Her first owner was the Henry Sears Syndicate of the New York Yacht Club. COLUMBIA sailed 40 trial races in 1958 and was skippered by Briggs Cunningham. COLUMBIA successfully defended against the British Royal Yacht Club's 12 meter sloop SCEPTRE in the 1958 America's Cup races. Information from original negative sleeve stamped in blue ink upper left, "161418F". In pencil below, "Columbia - Crew 4 [?] Race". In center blue ink stamp, "America's Cup / 1958". Typed in center "L-R / R. Stephens / Wally Tobin / C. Ratsey / J. Halsam / H. Herreshoff / Glit Shields / Vic Romagna / O. Stephens / H. Sears / B. Cunningham / Fred Lawton". Various pencils markings. Stamped lower right in blue ink, "5677". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.161418F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection