VALKYRIE, Bounty Class, on Long Island Sound, 1947

safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, Long Island Sound
1947-06-01
safety film, Kodak #77
7x5 in.

7x5 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons on June 1, 1947. Image of 39' Philip Rhodes designed, Coleman Boat Co., Inc. built auxiliary sloop VALKYRIE (built 1940 in Medford, Mass.) on Long Island Sound. Visible in image: cropped starboard quarter view of "VALKYRIE / LARCHMONT" on port close reach, heeled over, rail down under mainsail and jib, crew braced in cockpit, bow spray, land in background and no clouds in background. Stamped on original negative sleeve: "116725F". Typed: "8x10 copy neg with clouds 66892" and handwritten: "6/1/47 / %83 Valkyrie / cl. 112599". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. For more information see the book, A CENTURY UNDER SAIL, text by Stanley Rosenfeld.

VALKYRIE sloop, Handicap Class, #83, Rhodes
1984.187.116725F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection