LONE STAR underway, 1927

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
July 7, 1927
safety film, Kodak
overall: 5 x 7 in.

5x7 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons, July 7, 1927. Image of starboard bow view of LONE STAR underway with the cook (in white) at amidships and another crew menber at the stern. The image can be found on page 47 of Electric Boat Corporation by James Reyburn (2006). Typed on the original negative sleeve: "23598-F / 7/7/27 / New London Ship & Engine Co - Mr. P L Sutphen / 247 Park Ave, City. / Photo of Tug "Lone Star" under way". Written on original sleeve: "Box 1825". LONE STAR was built in 1927 in Newburgh, NY (H.A. Marvel) for the Lone Star Cement Company and powered by a 530 horsepower New London Ship and Engine Company diesel engine. (Merchant Vessels of the United States, 1928 lists owners as Louisiana Portland Cement Co., New Orleans, LA). CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. DUP 1

1984.187.23598F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection