WHIRLWIND launching, May 7, 1930

black-and -white negative; safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld, Morris
USA, MA, Neponset
1930
safety film, Kodak 136
overall: 5 x 7 in.

5x7 safety negative by Morris Rosenfeld, 1930. Image is a port bow view of WHIRLWIND , May 7, 1930. There is an unidentified tug along her starboard beam. Several people are on deck. Two hands in a small tender at her port bow. Paul Hammond and Landon Thorne were the syndicate behind WHIRLWIND. She was beaten by ENTERPRISE who defended the America's Cup in 1930. Typed on the original negative sleeve: "39131-F 5/7/30 / Whirlwind launching" and written "Syndicate / Hammond / Box 2786". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.39131F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection