Sail mending

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES

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

Soft negative by F. Slade Dale 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 a black sailor kneeling to mend a sail on the deck. Bench and bucket in background. See print 2001.69.112.

2001.69.111