COURAGEOUS, #US26, racing SOUTHERN CROSS, #KA4, 2nd race, America's Cup, 1974

color slide

PHOTOGRAPHS - 35 MM SLIDES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, RI, Newport
1974-09-10 - 1974-09-17
safety film, Kodachrome; cardboard mount
overall: 1 x 1 1/2 in.

35mm color slide photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons during the time of the 2nd America's Cup race held September 12th, 1974. Image of COURAGEOUS, in the lead, racing against SOUTHERN CROSS with the Coast Guard cutter EAGLE to the right in the background. COURAGEOUS, #US26, was the America's Cup defender built in 1974 by Minneford Yacht Yard of City Island, New York and designed by Sparkman & Stephens. SOUTHERN CROSS, #KA4, was the Australian America's Cup 1974 challenger and she was a 67' 12 Meter Class sloop designed by Bob Miller, the lead designer, and John E. Bertrand, the assistant designer, both of Australia. Handwritten mount info.: "Start Americas' Cup - Eagle". Hand stamped: "[PHOTOGR]APH BY STANLEY ROSENFELD" and also stamped: "+2 / SEP 74N14 / MADE IN U.S.A.". Manufacturer's stamp on verso: ""Kodachrome TRANSPARENCY + / PROCESSED BY KODAK". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Stanley Z. Rosenfeld photographer.

BOX.1984.187.16.16.16

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection