TUSITALA, under tow returning to port of New York, 1925

glass negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
1925-10-03
emulsion on glass
5 x 7 in.

5 x 7 glass plate negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons on October 3, 1925. Image of 260.4' Robert Steele & Co. three-masted ship TUSITALA (built 1883 in Greenock, Scotland) under tow returning to port of New York. Visible in image: port bow view of ship TUSITALA under tow, while the fore, main and mizzen courses, upper and lower topsails, topgallants and royals, and staysail, inner, outer and flying jibs remain full in a light wind, the tow line to the bow of the ship has been painted over on the original negative, obscuring it in the printing process. Image has been printed both horizontally and vertically (as seen in A CENTURY UNDER SAIL). The TUSITALA was used to carry cargo from ports around the world. She sailed by the Farrell Lines, and underwent several name changes before TUSITALA in 1925, a Samoan word meaning "teller of tales". Her previous names were SOPHIE, SIERRA LUCENA, and INVERUGLAS. Typed on original negative sleeve: "16962F 10/3/25 / TUSITALLA [sic]". For more information see: A CENTURY UNDER SAIL, text by Stanley Z. Rosenfeld, page 50. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.16962F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection