safety negative

Safety negative by Carleton Mitchell, photographed May 1947; Dan Rugg of Pittsburgh, lying on the deck of ketch yacht CARIB, wearing varibale density polarized goggles and holding a sextant; for similar view see 1996.31.2016 handwritten on original envelope neg.no. '2099, corresponds to original Mitchell contact; REF: 'Islands to Windward' (1948); PUBL: 'Yachtsman's Camera' (1950) pg. 61.