BLUE JAY, winner of Class B Vineyard Race, 1939

black-and-white photograph; safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
1939
safety film, Eastman Kodak #8; emulsion recovered
overall: 5 x 4 in.

5x4 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons during the time of the Vineyard Race in 1939. Image of BLUE JAY undersail, starboard bow view, mainsail close-hauled. BLUE JAY was a 37'1" cutter built in 1938 for the owner Louis M. Brooks from designs by Winthrop L. Warner and built by Anderson & Combes, Inc. of New Haven, Connecticut. Stamped negative sleeve info.: "94239F / [Box] 4566". Handwritten: "Blue Jay - Winner Class B / Vineyard Race." Notation of print possibly sent by Rosenfeld and Sons to the following: "Y"(YACHTING) / "O"(Owner) / "Warner"(the designer). CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.


BLUE JAY sloop, W.L. Warner
1984.187.94239F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection


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