TUSITALA, ship underway 1925

copy negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
1925-10-03
overall: 5 x 4 in.; 12.7 x 10.16 cm

4 x 5 copy negative from a print, made orginally from a 5 x 7 glass plate negative and an unidentified negative depicting clouds. Image taken by Rosenfeld and Sons on October 3, 1925. View of the fully rigged ship, TUSITALA, seen just as she dips behind a swell, which rises higher than her decks. The vessel, built in 1883, was used to carry cargo from ports around the world. She is seen here with a heavy load and light winds, returning to the port of New York. She sailed by the Farrell Lines, and underwent several name changes before TUSITALA in 1925, a Samoan word meaning "teller of tales". Her previous names were SOPHIE, SIERRA LUCENA, and INVERUGLAS. For more information see: A CENTURY UNDER SAIL, text by Stanley Z. Rosenfeld, page 51. (NOTE: clouds added to image in book, not original to negative -- but visible on copy negative from print 1984.187.16961F.11).

1984.187.16961FCN

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