safety negative
PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVESNelson, Al
Bahamas
May 1947
2.25 x 2.25 x 0
Safety negative by Carleton Mitchell, photographed May 1947; Al Nelson is the photographer; Carleton Mitchell (left) and Henry Rigg sitting onthe deck of ketch yacht CARIB and toasting each other with somewhere in the Bahamas; both are wearing shirts made from old flour and feed sacks: Mitchell's reads 'Ful-O-Pep Laying Mash' and Rigg's reads 'Ful-O-Pep Turkey Finisher'; for similar view see 1996.31.1969; handwritten on original envelope neg.no. '2048', corresponds to original Mitchell contact; REF: 'Islands to Windward' (1948); PUBL: 'Carib Cruises the West Indies', "National Geographic Magazine" (93:1-56, January 1948, pg. 12.
1996.31.1968