BLUE WATERS, undersail, 1953
black-and -white negative
PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVESRosenfeld and Sons
USA, Long Island Sound
1953-07-19
safety film, Kodak #437
overall: 5 x 4 in.
5x4 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons July 19, 1953 on Long Island Sound of the vessel BLUE WATERS undersail, starboard quarter view on a mild port tack. BLUE WATERS was a 39'11" auxiliary ketch designed by William Atkin and Alvin Mason and built by Joel Johnson of Bridgeport, Connecticut in 1953 and her owner in 1953 was J. Harry Molitor. Stamped negative sleeve info.: "136904F / [Box] 5281". Handwritten: "7/19/53 / BLUE WATERS". Notation of print possibly sent by Rosenfeld and Sons to the following: "Y" (Yachting) and "chap" (Charles Chapman). CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.
BLUE WATERS ketch
1984.187.136904F
Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection