ENTERPRISE sail in Ratsy and Lapthorn loft, 1930
gelatin silver print
PHOTOGRAPHSRosenfeld and Sons
USA, NY, New York, Bronx, City Island
1930-3-13
overall: 8 x 10 in.; 20.32 x 25.4 cm
8 x 10 gelatin silver print made from an 8 x 10 Kodak safety negative, taken by Rosenfeld and Sons on March 13, 1930. View of the sail of the J Class sloop ENTERPRISE, seen laid out in the Ratsey and Lapthorn sail loft, City Island, NY. Fifty nine people seen posed holding up material along the edge of the sail. ENTERPRISE was a 1930 America's Cup defender. She was designed by Burgess & Morgan and built by Herreshoff in 1930. She measured 121 feet in length. Handwritten on back: "Enterprise mainsail at Ratsey".
1984.187.37718.1
Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection