QUEEN MAB, 1936

safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS
Rosenfeld and Sons
1936-08-13
safety film, Kodak
5 x 7 in.

5x7 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons on August 13, 1936. Image of 77' Herreshoff schooner QUEEN MAB (built 1910 in Bristol, R.I.) on NYYC Cruise 1936. Visible in image: cropped port bow view of QUEEN MAB on starboard downwind reach under spinnaker, balloon jib, and balloon main topmast staysail, the crew takes in the spinnaker "the old way" by manhandling it on the foredeck. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. For more information see: A CENTURY UNDER SAIL, text by Stanley Rosenfeld, p. 98-99. Stamped on original negative sleeve: "76724F / N Y Y C CRUISE 1936 / AUG 13 1936 / 4283" and handwritten: "Queen Mab E9".

QUEEN MAB schooner
1984.187.76724F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection