General scene, fishing vessels at dock, Block Island, Rhode Island, 1929

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - NITRATE NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, RI, Block Island
1929-07-13
nitrate negative
overall: 5 x 7 in.

5x7 nitrate negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons on July 13, 1929, showing a harbor scene at Block Island, Rhode Island. Image shows a port bow view of fishing vessels including SAMMY B and MAGNET rafted out from a dock. Other vessels, including the fishing schooner ANNIS L, are visible in the background Typed on the original negative sleeve: "34455-F" and written: "7/13/29 / Scene / Block Is / Box 2487 / R [possibly indicating the image was submitted to The Rudder magazine]". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

ANNIS L. schooner fisherman; SAMMY B. commercial fisherman; MAGNET (?) commercial fisherman
1984.187.34453F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection