"The Sailmaker and his helpers repairing sails," 4-masted bark PEKING, 1929

soft negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Johnson, Irving M.
1929
3.00 x 5.25 x 0

Soft negative, by Irving M. Johnson taken during 1929 cruise of 4-masted bark PEKING (bu. 1911, Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, Germany). Ref: "Round the Horn in a Square Rigger", by Capt. Irving Johnson, Milton Bradley Co., Springfield, MA, 1932; opposite p. 59, "The Sailmaker and his helpers repairing sails." "Book ph #17. Please make 2 light prints. In the negative the man's face and straw texture of hat brim are visible" Johnson's handwritten notation on paper with negative.


1983.12.8

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