BOLERO, auxiliary yawl underway, 1954

safety negative

5x4 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons on June 6, 1954. Image of 73.5' Nevins auxiliary yawl BOLERO (built 1949) underway. Visible in image: port beam view of yawl on starboard close-hauled tack with marconi-rigged main and mizzen sails, and genoa raised, race # 134 on mainsail, pennent on main, John Nicholas Brown burgee- white swallow tail with two parallel vertical lines with star in center- on mizzen mast, another yawl and land in background. Stamped on original negative sleeve: "141256F / JUN 6 1954 / 5353" and handwritten: "134 / BOLERO / T". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection