William Picard Stephens, posed view, at launching of POLLY, H.B. Nevins Yard, 1945

safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
1945-09-22
Kodak safety film
overall: 5 x 4 in.; 12.7 x 10.16 cm

4 x 5 Kodak safety negative taken by Rosenfeld and Sons on September 22, 1945. View of the yacht historian William P. Stephens, seen standing in a yacht yard. Mr. Stephens was born in Philadelphia, and a graduate of Rutgers University in 1873. He died on May 10, 1946 at age 91. He was known as "the father of American Yacht reporting". Typed on original negative sleeve: "112898F / 9/22/45 / Stephens / 4877". Handwritten on original sleeve: "W.P. / died May 10, 1946". Note: Most prints from this negative show cropped bust view.

1984.187.112898F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection