VANITIE and YANKEE, circa 1934

safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, NY, New York
Circa 1934
overall: 5 x 7 in.; 12.7 x 17.78 cm

5x7 safety negative taken by Rosenfeld and Sons in 1934. Image of 126' Paine, Belknap & Skene designed, George Lawley & Son Corp. built J Class sloop YANKEE (built 1930 in Neponset, Mass.) and 118' Burgess & Morgan designed, George Lawley & Son Corp. built cutter VANITIE (built 1914 in S. Boston, Mass.) on New York Yacht Club Cruise. Visible in image: starboard bow views of VANITIE (I/3) with marconi-rigged mainsail, staysail, and spinnaker set with crew aft and YANKEE (J/2) with marconi-rigged mainsail and spinnaker raised with crew midships and aft, both running before the wind, pennants on mainmasts of both vessels. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. Handwritten on original negative sleeve: Vanitie & Yankee" and stamped: "N.Y.Y.C. Cruise 1934".

1984.187.69213F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection