GRETEL II, #KA3, racing INTREPID, #US22, America's Cup, 1970

black-and-white photograph

PHOTOGRAPHS - FILMSTRIPS
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, RI, Newport
1970
safety film, Kodak Plus X Pan Film
overall: 1 x 1 1/2 in.

35mm safety film, frame #7, photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons during the America's Cup Races held September 15th to the 28th 1970. Image is a long shot of, INTREPID, #US22 (foreground) and GRETEL II, #KA3 racing showing a starboard beam view with the committee to the right of the photo. This image shows the foul at the start of the race. GRETEL II, #KA3, Australian America's Cup 1970 challenger, built in by William H. Barnett of Australia, designed by Alan Payne. INTREPID, US #22, 12 meter, US America's Cup defender, 1967, originally designed by Britton Chance, Jr. and built by Minneford Yacht Yard of City Island, New York. Stamped neg. sleeve info.: "188514 / AMERICA'S CUP 1970". Manufacturers stamp: "Afga Isopan / Agfacolor Negativfilm / AGFA-GEVAERT / Afga 35mm Film / MADE IN GERMANY. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

Note: Image published in book between p. 212 -213 (3rd plate): Riggs, Doug, Keelhauled:unsportsmanlike conduct and the America's Cup, 1986. Caption of image is inaccurate - should read Gretel II (not Gretel) and the foul was during the 1970 America's Cup( not 1974). DUP 1

1984.187.188514.7

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection