Mending a sail

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES

Dale, F. Slade
USA, MA, New Bedford; USA, FL, Miami
1926-04-27
overall: 4 1/2 x 2 3/4 in.; 11.43 x 6.985 cm

Soft negative by F. Slade Daletaken aboard the four-masted coastal schooner HERBERT L. RAWDING. Taken while vessel was en route with freight, from Miami, FL to New Bedford, MA on the week of April 27, 1926. The photographer was hitching a ride home from a voyage south he had taken aboard a twelve-foot sneakbox. View of an older black gentleman mending a sail aboard the HERBERT L. RAWDING. Man seen seated in an overcoat and cap. See prints 2001.69.106 and 2001.69.107.

2001.69.105