ENTERPRISE, J class sloop 1930

safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
1930-04-27
Kodak safety
5 x 7 x 0 in.

5x7 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons on April 27, 1930. Image of 121' Burgess & Morgan, Inc. designed, Herreshoff built J class sloop ENTERPRISE (built 1930 in Bristol, R.I.) underway. Visible in image: cropped port quarter view of ENTERPRISE on starboard close reach under marconi-rigged mainsail, staysail and jib, heeled over, rail down, crew on windward rail, lifeboat on stern, . CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. For more information see: SLEEK, text by John Rousmaniere, p. 64 and 113. Handwritten on negative sleeve: “4/27/30 / Enterprise / Box 2774 / Y / Clark / Carlisle / Herreshoff” and typed: "38908-F".

1984.187.38908F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection