ENTERPRISE, J class sloop off Glen Cove, New York, 1930

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, NY, Glen Cove
1930-05-17
safety film, Kodak #132
5 x 7 in.

5 x 7 Kodak safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons on May 17, 1930. Image of 121' Burgess & Morgan, Inc. designed, Herreshoff built J class sloop ENTERPRISE (built 1930 in Bristol, R.I.) in Glen Cove, NY. Visible in image: cropped port quarter view of the J Class sloop ENTERPRISE on starboard close-hauled tack, painted on stern: "ENTERPRISE / NEW YORK", broad span of water and clips a section of the photographers boat in the lower left corner. ENTERPRISE was an America's Cup defender in the 1930 races. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. For more information see: A CENTURY UNDER SAIL, text by Stanley Z. Rosenfeld, page 68. Handwritten on original negative sleeve: "39313F / 5/17/30 / Enterprise / CUS p 68".

1984.187.39313F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection