VALIANT, undersail, Lipton Cup Race, 1956

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, FL
1956
safety film, Kodak
overall: 5 x 4 in

5x4 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons during the time of the Lipton Cup Race off Florida in 1956. Image of VALIANT undersail, starboard bow view on a mild port tack, deck visible with crew working or seated. VALIANT was an 80'9" sloop designed by Burgess, Rigg & Morgan, Ltd. and built by Abeking & Rasmussen in 1928 for Winthrop W. Aldrich of New York. She was altered to an auxiliary yawl in 1937 by William T. Aldrich with the keel recast and a centerboard added. Stamped neg. sleeve info.: "149898F / FLORIDA-1956 / [Box] 5486". Typed: "LIPTON RACE". Handwritten: "VALIANT". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

VALIANT yawl
1984.187.149898F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection