Start Lightning Class sloop race, 1945

safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
1945
Kodak safety film
overall: 4 x 5 in.; 10.16 x 12.7 cm

4 x 5 Kodak safety negative taken by Rosenfeld and Sons on September 7, 1945. View of three lightning class sloops racing. Sail numbers 1379, 5, and 456 are visible, each racing with a crew of three. Port beam view of each vessel. Unidentified lighthouse visible in center of image between vessel #5 and # 456. Handwritten on original negative sleeve: "9/7 / Start Lightnings". Stamped: "112728F / 4874".

UNIDENTIFIED sloop, Lightning Class, #1379; UNIDENTIFIED sloop, Lightning Class, #5; UNIDENTIFIED sloop, Lightning Class, #456
1984.187.112728F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection