BLUE WING, 1931

safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld Conservation, Save American Treasures, IMLS
Rosenfeld and Sons
1931-07
safety film
7 x 5 x 0 in.

5x7 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons in July 1931. Image of 30.5' Burgess & Morgan designed, Abeking & Rasmussen built Atlantic class sloop BLUE WING (built 1929 in Lemwerder, Germany) underway. Visible in image: starboard beam view of BLUE WING (A / C34) on port close reach under marconi-rigged mainsail and jib, three crewpeople sit in cockpit. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. For more information see: SLEEK, text by John Rousmaniere, p. 73 and 114. Handwritten on negative sleeve: “A C34 Bluewing / Box 3274” and stamped: "47290F".

1984.187.47290F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection