LANDFALL, auxiliary ketch at Transatlantic Race, 1931

gelatin silver print

5x7 gelatin silver print from 6x8 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons in 1931. Image of 71' Herreshoff designed auxiliary ketch LANDFALL (built 1931) at the TransAtlantic Race. Visible in image: port beam view of ketch on starboard close-hauled tack with marconi-rigged main and mizzen sails and genoa raised, pennent flying from mainmast, crew furling jib, other ketches and motor yachts in background. Handwritten on back: "LANDFALL / 90.37.645" and stamped in oval: "MORRIS ROSENFELD/ PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATOR/ 116 NASSAU ST, N. Y. / Phone Beekman 3-4970". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection