ABENAKI, sail #54, undersail, port bow view, Race Rock Light, Off-Soundings, 1949

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, NY, Long Island Sound
1949
safety film
overall: 5 x 4 in.

5x4 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons in 1949 during the time of the Off-Soundings Races. Image of vessel undersail showing a port bow view with a buoy in the image. ABENAKI was a 50'1" auxiliary schooner, sail #54, built in 1930 by Charles A. Morse & Son of Thomaston, Maine from designs by John G. Alden. Other names later were STORMALONG and during World War II, CGR-3032. Handwritten neg. sleeve info.: "ABENAKI / #54 / Race Rock Light." Stamped info.: "12333F / OFF-SOUNDINGS 1949." Handwritten note: "John G. Alden / 131 State St. / Boston, Mass." This image was used as a Christmas card by John and Virginia Alden in 1949. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.123233F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection