Start 32' Class NYYC Cruise, 1940

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - NITRATE NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, CT, New London
August 12, 1940
nitrate negative
overall: 4 x 5 in.

4x5 nitrate negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons. Image of start of NYYC Cruise Class 32 from New London to block Island including SAPPHIRE, #NY 15, RAMPAGE II, #NY 12, SWELL, #NY 3, and TERN ,#NY 19 close hauled on starboard tack. View from leeward. Gong #1 (Sarah Ledge) has two men standing on it with a dory tied up. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. Stamped negative sleeve info.: "97861F/ [Box] 4626, NYYC Cruise 1940. Handwritten: "Start, NYYC 32' , New London to B I,"

1984.187.97861F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection