ACANIA, launching, 1929
gelatin silver print
PHOTOGRAPHSRosenfeld and Sons
USA, DE, Wilmington
1929-01-26
emulsion on photographic paper
overall: 8 x 10 in.
8x10 print made by Rosenfeld and Sons. Image is of the launching of ACANIA on January 26, 1929, the first vessel of that name built in 1929 at 126' by Pusey & Jones of Wilmington, Delaware from designs by John H. Wells. Vessel is on the ways before being launched showing a starboard bow view in the Pusey & Jones yard. Info. from surface from a raised stamp lower right corner, "MORRIS ROSENFELD / NY". Info. from verso: "31767F". Original negative destroyed by Rosenfelds before being acquired by Mystic Seaport. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.
1984.187.31767F
Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection