ENTERPRISE, J class sloop 1930
gelatin silver print
PHOTOGRAPHSRosenfeld and Sons
1930-04-27
emulsion on photographic paper
8 x 10 x 0 in.
8x10 gelatin silver print from 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. Stamped on back in oval: “MORRIS ROSENFELD / PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATOR / 116 NASSAU ST. N.Y.C. / BEEKMAN 2850 / Negative No ___”.
1984.187.38908F.1
Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection