ENTERPRISE, J class sloop 1930

gelatin silver print

8x10 gelatin silver print from 5x7 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons on April 27, 1930. Image of 121' Burgess & Morgan, Inc. designed, Herreshoff built J class sloop ENTERPRISE (built 1930 in Bristol, R.I.) underway. Visible in image: cropped port quarter view of ENTERPRISE on starboard close reach under marconi-rigged mainsail, staysail and jib, heeled over, rail down, crew on windward rail, lifeboat on stern. RESTRICTED: SEE ROSENFELD COLLECTION; Ex coll.: L. Francis Herreshoff; Muriel Vaughn. For more information see: SLEEK, text by John Rousmaniere, p. 64 and 113. Embossed in lower right corner: "MORRIS ROSENFELD/ N.Y." and handwritten on back: "Enterprise early 1930/ 38908F"; V. Sharps, MSM, noted this was April 27, 1930.