"12 Metre, 1937"

black-and-white photograph; safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
1937-07-20
safety film; emulsion recovered
7 x 5 x 0 in.

5x7 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons on July 20, 1937. Image of 69' Burgess & Morgan designed, Abeking & Rasmussen built 12 meter class sloop NIGHTWIND (built 1928 in Lemwerder, Germany) undersail. Visible in image: port bow view of NIGHTWIND (12/1) running before the wind under marconi-rigged mainsail and spinnaker, wake of FOTO seen in foreground. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. For more information see: SLEEK, text by John Rousmaniere, p. 87 and 116. Handwritten on negative sleeve: “12 1 NightWind” and stamped: "82220F / JUL 20 1937 / 4368".

1984.187.82220F

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