FLAPPER, #17, Victory Class sloop, 1931

safety negative

5x7 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons in September 1931. Image of 31.5' William Gardner & Company designed, Henry B. Nevins built Victory One Design class sloop FLAPPER (built 1920 in City Island, NY) undersail. Visible in image: port beam view of FLAPPER (V/ 17) on starboard close reach under marconi-rigged mainsail and jib kicking up spray as she heels over, other sails and land in background. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. For more information see: SLEEK, text by John Rousmaniere, p. 73 and 114. Handwritten on negative sleeve: “V 17 Flapper / Box 3366” and stamped: "48624F".

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection