"SEVEN SEAS, 1939"

safety negative

4x5 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons in 1939. Image of 70' Sparkman & Stephens designed, Henry B. Nevins built 12 meter class cutter SEVEN SEAS (built 1935 in City Island, NY) undersail. Visible in image: cropped port beam view of SEVEN SEAS running before the wind under marconi-rigged mainsail and spinnaker, jib is furled, crew stands on foredeck looking at spinnaker, another 12 meter and land is in the background. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. For more information see: SLEEK, text by John Rousmaniere, p. 96 and 117. Handwritten on negative sleeve: “SEVEN SEAS 12/9” and stamped: "94491F SEP 17 1939 / 4570".

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection