ENTERPRISE, J Class, #4, 1st race, America's Cup, 1930

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, RI, Newport
September 13, 1930
safety film, Kodak #152
overall: 7 x 5 in.

7x5 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons on September 13, 1930 during the first race of the America's Cup held off Newport, Rhode Island. Image of ENTERPRISE undersail, port beam view on a port tack. ENTERPRISE, #J4, was a 120'10" J Class sloop designed by Burgess & Morgan, Ltd. and built by Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. in 1930. She was the American Cup defender in 1930 and was syndicate owned by many individuals. Stamped neg. sleeve info.: "42831F / Box 2989". Handwritten: "9/13/30 / Enterprise". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

ENTERPRISE sloop, J Class, #4, 121' Burgess
1984.187.42831F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection