SHAMROCK V and ENTERPRISE, Start of America's Cup Race, 1930
gelatin silver print
PHOTOGRAPHSRosenfeld and Sons
USA, RI, Newport
1930-09-15
emulsion on photographic paper
8 x 10 x 0 in.
8x10 gelatin silver print from 5x7 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons on September 15, 1930. Image of 121' Charles W. Nicholson designed, Camper & Nicholson built J class sloop SHAMROCK V (built 1929 in Gosport, England) and 121' Burgess & Morgan, Inc. designed, Herreshoff built J class sloop ENTERPRISE (built 1930 in Bristol, R.I.) at the start of an America's Cup race, off Newport, RI. Visible in image: cropped starboard beam view of SHAMROCK V (with black hull) and ENTERPRISE (white hull with "4" sail number) on starboard close reaches under marconi-rigged mainsails, staysails, jibs and flying jibs with motor cruiser in background, SHAMROCK's crew tending mainsail lines. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. For more information see: SLEEK, text by John Rousmaniere, p. 65 and 113. Embossed in lower right corner: “MORRIS ROSENFELD / N.Y.”. Handwritten on back: "9/15 SHAMROCK V + ENTERPRISE / 42676F".
1984.187.42676F.1
Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection