Sloop HURRYING ANGEL, 8 Metre, #K31, Off-Soundings, 1955

safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS
Rosenfeld and Sons
1955
safety film, Kodak
overall: 5 x 4 in.

5x4 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons during the time of the 1955 Off-Soundings. Image of HURRYING ANGEL, undersail, port beam view, a 49'1" Eight Meter Class sloop, sail #K31, built in Fairlie, Scotland from designs by William Fife and Sons in 1935. Previously named CARRON II in Britain, she became HURRYING ANGEL when owned by George K. Bennett, Jr. in the U.S. and kept the British sail logo and number. Stamped neg. sleeve info.: "146585F / OFF-SOUNDINGS 195 / [Box] 5437". Handwritten: "HURRYING ANGEL / 8/K31". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.


1984.187.146585F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection


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