Lightning Class sloops, racing, 1945

safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, NY, New York
1945-09-08
overall: 5 x 7 in.; 12.7 x 17.78 cm

5x7 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons on September 8, 1945. Image of 19' Sparkman & Stephens designed Lightning Class sloops (built after 1938) at race start at sea. Visible in image: starboard beam views of six Lightenings in foreground on various tacks rounding the mark under marconi-rigged mainsails and jibs, #s from left to right: "588", "2x" (sail covered by next boat), "1285", "1010", "256", and "351"; other boats in the background. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. Handwritten on original negative sleeve: "9/8 / Start Lightenings".

1984.187.112738F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection