"YANKEE, 1937"

black-and-white photograph; safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
1937
safety film; emulsion recovered
7 x 5 x 0 in.

5x7 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons in 1937. Image of 126' Paine, Belknap & Skene designed, George Lawley & Son Corp. built J Class sloop YANKEE (built 1930 in Neponset, Mass.) on NYYC Cruise. Visible in image: port quarter view of YANKEE (J/US2) running before the wind under marconi-rigged mainsail, staysail, jib and spinnaker, crew stands on deck looking at sails, other sailboats in background. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. For more information see: SLEEK, text by John Rousmaniere, p. 86 and 116. Handwritten on negative sleeve: “Yankee J2 / NYYC Cruise” and stamped: "83407F".

1984.187.83407F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, image acquired in honor of Franz Schneider